ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is taking public
comments on the Freight Investment Plan. The plan will help the agency and its
stakeholders make freight capital improvements that improve freight mobility,
safety and first- and last-mile connections over the next 10 years.
“The Freight
Investment Plan addresses some of the freight transportation needs that exist
across Minnesota,” said William Gardner, director of the Office of Freight and
Commercial Vehicle Operations. “These investments will help the state’s
businesses shop and receive their goods more efficiently, reliably and safely.”
The public can
comment on the plan until Dec. 18. The plan is online athttp://www.mndot.gov/planning/freightplan/index.html.The plan is also available at MnDOT’s
Central Office library, 395 John Ireland Blvd, St. Paul, and at the agency’s
district offices around the state.
Comments also
may be submitted via email to FreightPlans.DOT@state.mn.us or mailed to Nicole George, Office of
Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations, MS 470, 395 John Ireland Blvd. St.
Paul, MN, 55155.
The investment
plan identifies $99 million in freight capital improvement projects, including
interchange and intersection reconstructions, highway improvements and port
terminal expansions. They were selected through a statewide grant application
process.
After the
Freight Investment Plan is finalized, it will be amended into MnDOT’s Statewide Freight System Plan, which was revised to
address requirements of the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
legislation passed in 2015.
