Local speakers join national research group in review of Minnesota’s surface transportation infrastructure needs.
WHEN:
11:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, May 4
WHERE:
Minnesota State Office Building, Room 181
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard
St. Paul, MN
WHAT:
Amid a declining level of funding available for maintenance to the state’s roads and bridges, Minnesota faces a $2.8 billion transportation funding shortfall over the next four years, leading to deteriorating road and bridge conditions, a lack of safety improvements, and increasing congestion due to increases in vehicle travel. TRIP’s report identifies unfunded transportation projects in the Twin Cities area, costing between $1.8 to $2.5 billion, that are needed to improve conditions, relieve traffic congestion and improve traffic safety. Local speakers will join TRIP, a Washington-DC based transportation research organization, on Thursday to highlight the report’s findings and discuss possible solutions.
The report, Modernizing Minnesota’s Transportation System: Challenges in Providing Safe, Efficient and Well-maintained Roads, Highways and Bridges, examines road and bridge conditions, travel trends, economic development, highway safety, transportation funding, and the status of needed transportation improvements in the Twin Cities area and statewide.
WHO:
Bentley Graves, Director, Health & Transportation Policy, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Tim Worke, CEO, Associated Contractors of Minnesota
Scott Schulte, Anoka County Commission
Rocky Moretti, Director of Research & Policy, TRIP
CONTACT:
Rocky Moretti – TRIP – 202.262.0714 (cell)
TRIP Office -202.466.6706