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What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law Feb. 17.
The act will provide several hundred million dollars to Minnesota for transportation needs.
The goal of the Act is to create jobs and improve the nation’s infrastructure.
What does it mean for transportation in Minnesota?
Mn/DOT will use this Web site to keep you up to date as details about the plan and its impact for Minnesota transportation become known.
ARRA update - June 1, 2009 (pdf)
General information about the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Minnesota
Transportation stimulus projects
Roads and Bridges
- List of ARRA projects includes local projects as of Feb. 5, 2010 (pdf)
- Map of statewide projects
- Map of Twin Cities Metro Area projects
Aviation
Transit
Freight and Rail
Mn/DOT Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant applications
Mn/DOT submitted five applications to the $1.5 billion Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery federal grant program Sept. 15. The TIGER program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by the U.S. Congress in February 2009.
States, local governments, tribal governments, transit agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations and other political subdivisions of state and local governments are competing for these funds.
Details on the five applications from Mn/DOT can be found at the following links. Project selection will take place in early 2010.
- Southern Rail Corridor
- Duluth Intermodal Project
- BNSF Easement Rights and Passenger Rail Capacity Improvements
- St. Croix River Crossing Project- For more information on St. Croix river Crossing click here
- Freight and Commuter Bottleneck Removal Project - Twin Cities
Mn/DOT ARRA project status as of Dec. 31, 2009
Total Number of Road and Bridge Projects (State and Local) 210
| Projects put out to bid | 193 | $462,825,916 |
| Projects under contract | 156 | $340,924,591 |
| Projects underway | 150 | $334,865,532 |
| Projects complete | 68 | $118,274,485 |
Quarterly OMB jobs report as of Dec. 31, 2009
| Full time equivalent jobs, as reported to the Office of Management and Budget | 482.7 |
See the reports pages for updates about stimulus projects.
See the road construction pages for updates about traffic impacts for stimulus projects and other road work.
Project Bid Letting
The project lettings for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects on state highways:
- Jan. 22, 2010 Bid Results
- Dec. 18, 2009 Bid Results
- Nov. 20, 2009 Bid Results
- Oct. 23, 2009 Bid Results
- Oct. 2, 2009 Bid Results
- Sept. 25, 2009 Bid Results
- Aug. 28, 2009 Bid Results
- July 24, 2009 Bid Results
- June 26, 2009 Bid Results
- June 5, 2009 Bid Results
- May 15, 2009 Bid Results
- May 1, 2009 Bid Letting
- April 24, 2009 Bid Letting
- April 10, 2009 Bid Letting
- March 27, 2009 Bid Letting
- March 13, 2009 Bid Letting
When will projects start?
Work on projects began in May.
Are there funds for local projects?
About 30 percent of Minnesota's American recovery and reinvestment highway funds will be distributed to local units of government.