Area Transportation Partnerships (ATP)
The UMVRDC hosts an annual transportation public meeting to share and collect comments on the draft lists of projects from both ATPs.
Comment on Proposed Transportation Projects:
To review the complete list of projects planned for construction this summer see the following maps:
To review the complete list of projects proposed for the entire ATP 12 county area between 2020-2023 see the following maps:
The UMVRDC is part of two Area Transportation Partnerships (ATP), the West Central ATP 4 and the Southwest ATP 8. The ATP is a committee of elected officials, city and county engineers, MnDOT staff, tribal leaders, public transit leaders that represent the areas contiguous with MnDOT District boundaries. Their role is to develop policy and program projects utilizing federal transportation funding from the Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA).
The UMVRDC appoints members to both ATPs. UMVRDC Staff serve as technical advisors to the ATP, sub-committee members and ATP alternate members for the elected officials appointed. Current representatives are:
Southwest MN ATP – 8
(Lac qui Parle, Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties)
- Gary Johnson – Yellow Medicine County Commissioner
- Jim Dahlvang – Chippewa County Commissioner
- Andy Sanders – Yellow Medicine County Engineer
West Central MN ATP – 4
(Big Stone and Swift Counties)
- Rusty Dimberg – Big Stone County Township Association
