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Northeast Minnesota Area Transportation Partnership
The Northeast Minnesota Area Transportation Partnership (NE MN ATP) is a committee of elected officials, engineers, planners, and other agency representatives from an eight county area of northeast Minnesota. ATP’s were established in Minnesota as a result of the 1991 federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), and have been continued. Approximately $42 million per year of federal formula funds is allocated to Northeast Minnesota. The chart below shows the NE MN ATP investment guidelines for the spending of that money. The role of the ATP is to prioritize the spending of available federal dollars by developing the Area Transportation Improvement Program (ATIP), which is a four-year list of prioritized projects. This list is submitted to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), which gives final approval to the ATIP, making it a part of the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).

Jurisdiction/Mode NE MN ATP Investment Guidelines Avg/Year
Rail Crossings $700,000 
Rural/Small Urban Transit $700,000 
Duluth Transit Authority $1,600,000 
Enhancements $1,500,000 
Safety (HSIP) $1,000,000 
Local Roads $8,500,000 
MN/DOT $28,400,000 
SubTotal $42,400,000 

ARDC Participates in the NE ATP by:
  • Administering the Enhancements process
  • Providing assistance with the ATP processes
  • Voting member of the ATP Policy Board
  • Other assistance as requested



For more information contact Jon Mason

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FY 2016 Enhancements
ATP Membership
Recommended FY 2016 Enhancement Projects
FY 2016 Federal Aid Candidate Projects
2011-2014 STIP
Meeting Summaries
ATP Meeting Summaries

ATP Steering Committee Meeting Summaries

Trail Planning
Recreational trails have many important benefits, both for communities and for individual users. They contribute to the quality of life, they contribute to local economies, build pride and put places “on the map”. They offer a wide range of rewards, physically, mentally and emotionally, many of which are directly transferable into both work and home environments....more

Regional Trails in Northeast Minnesota
There are three non-motorized regional trails in NE Minnesota. The Gitchi-Gami State Trail, the Willard Munger State Trail, and the Mesabi Trail.

Mn/DOT District One
District 1 lies between Minneapolis/St. Paul and the United States/Canadian border and supports the transportation network of northeastern Minnesota, including the counties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, Pine, Aitkin, Itasca and Koochiching. Duluth, the location of the district headquarters, is situated at the western tip of Lake Superior and overlooks an international harbor and Lake Superior (the largest freshwater lake in the world).
Duluth from hilltop
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Mn/DOT Office of Investment Management
Mn/DOT's Transportation Plans and Program Management…more
Mn/DOT News