Related Information
- West Central Initiative
- State Transportation Improvement Program
- Statewide Transportation Plan (20-year plan)
- Public and Stakeholder Participation - Hear Every Voice
Activities
Each year an Area Transportation Improvement Program (ATIP) is developed and incorporated into the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
The ATP-4:
- Solicits candidate projects for federal funding
- Ranks projects by category
- Sets investment targets for each category
- Integrates the lists of projects into the four-year ATIP
Categories of the projects are:
- State Road and Bridge
- County Road and Bridge
- City (over 5,000 population) Road and Bridge
- Bridges not on any Federal Aid Route
- Safety
- Enhancements
- Transit Capital
Schedule of activities
- October–February: Solicit projects for four fiscal years in the next STIP plus one additional planning year
- February–April: Select projects; public comment period on projects
- April 15: Draft ATP due to Office of Investment Management (OIM)
- May 1: OIM prepares draft STIP, sends to district/ATP
- May–June: Review and comment on STIP; due July 1
- July–August: OIM develops final draft STIP
- August–October: Mn/DOT approves STIP and sends to FHWA/FTA for review
- October–November: STIP approved by FHWA/FTA
Background
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 gave the states more flexibility in determining transportation solutions and required the development of a Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users continues this flexibility.
MnDOT responded by decentralizing the program decision-making process to a more regional level (i.e., the districts). The Area Transportation Partnerships were established by each district to facilitate broader input to the project selection process. ATP-4 covers the 12 counties of Becker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Traverse and Wilkin.
Membership
Members of the ATP-4 include:
MnDOT District 4 representatives
- Jody Martinson, District Engineer, 218-846-3603
- Merle Earley, State Aid Engineer, 218-846-3607
- Bev Herfindahl, MnDOT Transit Manager, 320-214-6361
- Bridget Miller, Planning Director, 218-846-3619
- Shiloh Wahl, Assistant District Engineer, 218-846-3630
Regional development/planning representatives
- Wayne Hurley, West Central Initiative, 218-739-2239
- Lindsey Knutson, Upper Minnesota Valley RDC, 320-289-1981
- Josh Pearson, Headwaters RDC, 218-333-6531
Metropolitan planning representative
- Wade Kline, Fargo-Moorhead Council of Governments, 701-232-3242
Six county representatives
- Rusty Dimberg, Big Stone County Representative, 320-305-1555
- Brian Giese, Stevens County Engineer, 320-589-7430
- Jonathan Large, Mahnomen County Engineer, 218-935-2296
- John Okeson, Becker County Commissioner, 218-847-6244
- Brian Noetzelman, Pope County Engineer, 320-634-4561
- Neal Folstad, Wilkin County Commissioner
City representative
- Bob Zimmerman, city of Moorhead, 218-299-5390
Tribal representative
- Burny Tibbetts, White Earth RTC, 218-983-3263
Transit representative
- Daryn Toso, Transit Alternatives, 218-998-3002
FHWA representative
- Susan Moe, Planning Program Manager, 651-291-6109