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State Aid for Local Transportation <br />395 John Ireland Blvd., MS 500 <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br /> <br /> <br />Local Road Improvement Program <br />Program Overview <br />The Local Road Improvement Program provides funding <br />assistance to local agencies for constructing or <br />reconstructing local roads. Funds for the program are <br />appropriated based on Minnesota Statutes 174.52. The <br />program was created in 2002 and began with two types <br />of funding: Trunk Highway Corridor Account and Routes <br />of Regional Significance Account. In 2005, the Rural <br />Road Safety Account was added to the program. The <br />program is administered by MnDOT’s State Aid for <br />Local Transportation Division. <br />Trunk Highway Corridor Account <br />This account is used for grants to cities, towns and counties to assist in paying the local share of trunk <br />highway projects that have local costs related to the trunk highway improvement and are not funded <br />or are only partially funded with other state and federal funds. <br />Routes of Regional Significance Account <br />This account is used grants to cities, towns and counties for the costs of constructing or reconstructing <br />city streets, county highways or town roads with statewide or regional significance that have not been <br />fully funded through other state, federal or local funding sources. <br />Rural Road Safety Account <br />This account is used for grants to counties for constructing or reconstructing improvement projects <br />that are intended primarily to reduce traffic crashes, fatalities, injuries, and property damage crashes <br />on rural County State Aid Highways. <br />Program Guidance and Criteria <br />Guidance <br />Eligible local agencies include counties, cities, and townships. Non-state aid cities (generally those with <br />populations less than 5,000) and townships must request the sponsorship of a county to apply for and <br />implement their project.