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.
Mn/DOT 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:
Mn/DOT District 4 representatives
- Keven Anderson, Transit Manager, 218-846-7963
- Lee Berget, District Engineer, 218-846-3603
- Merle Earley, State Aid Engineer, 218-846-3607
- Jody Martinson, Assistant District Engineer, 218-846-7964
- Shiloh Wahl, District Planner, 218-846-3630
Regional development/planning representatives
- Michelle Bouta, Vice Chair, Upper Minnesota Valley RDC, 320-289-1981
- Matthew Dyrdahl, Headwaters RDC, 218-333-6531
- Wayne Hurley, West Central Initiative, 218-739-2239
Metropolitan planning representative
- Wade Kline, Fargo-Moorhead Council of Governments, 701-232-3242
Six county representatives
- Rusty Dimberg, Big Stone County Commissioner, 320-305-1555
- Larry Kittelson, Pope County Commissioner, 320-239-2138
- Jonathan Large, Mahnomen County Engineer, 218-935-2296
- David Naatz, Traverse County Commissioner, 320-563-4341
- Dave Robley, Chair, Douglas County Engineer, 320-762-2999
- Richard West, Otter Tail County Engineer, 218-998-8473
Two city representatives
- Jeff Kuhn, city of Morris, 320-762-8149
- Rob Wolfington, city of Benson, 320-843-4775
One tribal representative
- Burny Tibbetts, White Earth RTC, 218-983-3263
One FHWA representative
- Susan Moe, Planning Program Manager, 651-291-6109