What is Area Transportation Partnership (ATP)?  

Mn/DOT created ATP to emphasize greater public involvement in preparation of transportation plans and programs.

There are eight ATPs in Minnesota (one for each Mn/DOT District area).

Every year, the ATPs develop an Annual Transportation Improvement Program (ATIP) which cover a minimum four-year period.

ATIPs include all projects seeking federal aid highway, state trunk highway, and federal transit sources of funding.

Current and past Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs are available on Mn/DOT’s Web site at www.dot.state.mn.us/planning/stateplan

A map of ATP 7 state highway projects in the 2010-2014 STIP is available state project map.

Apply for transportation funds
Project solicitations are underway in late October. Final applications are due by December 31, 2010.

The ATP 7 solicited transportation projects to be included in the 2012-2015 ATIP. The partners will be ranking the projects and will meet in March to begin prioritizing them.

Annual federal target dollars for ATP 7 averages $25.7 million. ATP 7 uses sub targets in each category as a guide to select projects.

The following are the funding categories and the information and forms.

Enhancements (projects such as trails, environmental mitigation and historical preservation that are transportation related)

Off-System Bridges

City Roads

County Roads/Bridges

Rail Crossings

Transit