The following documents was provided to legislators in response to questions raised at the Aug. 15 legislative hearing regarding plans for reconstruction of the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River.

Aug 15 hearing follow up letter from Betsy Parker, Office of Government Affairs

Transit options

• Schematic of how light rail transit could be incorporated into the bridge design (Attachment A)

Emergency funding and declarations

• Governor's Emergency Executive Order 07-09 (Attachment D1)
• Thirty day extension from the State Executive Council (Attachment D2)
• Presidential Emergency Declaration (Attachment D3)
  
  

Quality Control and cost savings

• Quality Control in the design phase of a design- build project page(Attachment E1)
• Quality Control in the construction phase of a desgin-build project (Attachment E2)
• Cost savings on design-build projects (Attachment F1)
• Average cost growth associated with traditional design-bid-build projects vs. design-build (Attachment F2)

Municipal Consent

• Time line of Municipal Consent Process (Attachment G1)
• Flow chart of the municipal consent process (Attachment G2)
• Flow chart of appeal process for interstate projects (Attachment G3)
• Flow chart of appeal process for non-interstate projects (Attachment G4)

Financial information

• Testimony of Abby McKenzie, Director, Office of Investment Management, Mn/DOT, 8/15/07 (Attachment C)
• Traffic Restoration Project Costs (Attachment H)
• List of professional/technical contracts authorized to date (Attachment I)
• Mn/DOT Metro District projects that have been programmed through the end of this fiscal year (Attachment J)
  • Update Sept 26, 2007

Design-build process

• Request for Qualifications for Design-Build Contract on I-35W in Minneapolis (Attachment B)
• Flowcharts explaining the design-build process
  • Attachment K1
  • Attachment K2