Resilience Improvement Plan

From heavy snowstorms to floods, most of us have seen firsthand the disruptions natural hazards can cause to our state’s transportation network. We are preparing a Resilience Improvement Plan (RIP) to better prepare our transportation network for climate-related natural hazards. The plan will include an assessment of the state transportation networks and answer the following questions:

• What is resilience and why is it important?
• What vulnerabilities does MnDOT have to natural hazards?
• What has MnDOT been doing to address these vulnerabilities?
• What does MnDOT plan to do to further enhance the resilience of the state’s transportation system?
• How will MnDOT measure progress toward its resilience goals?

The RIP will guide resilience funding to where it is most needed and enable us to take full advantage of federal funding made available through the PROTECT Formula Program. The PROTECT Formula Program was authorized under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed on Nov. 15, 2021. This program will provide funding for projects that help make the surface transportation system more resilient to natural hazards related to climate change. Minnesota will receive $121 million over the next five years as part of this program.

Timeline

The draft RIP was available for public comment until March 15, 2024. MnDOT is no longer accepting public comments.

MnDOT plans to submit the RIP to the Federal Highways Administration by May 2024.

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Input from Minnesota climate specialists, organizations, communities, transportation planners, and MnDOT staff is critical to the success of the RIP.

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