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• OAES07. <br />t��20 <br />4 a <br />OF VS" <br />Office or Commissioner <br />February 8, 1977 <br />Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />Transportation Building, <br />St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />T1 n� <br />FEB 15 1917 <br />C;_� yr <br />LITTLE CANADA <br />612 - 296 -3000 <br />Dear Fellow Minnesotan: <br />We need your help. <br />The law which created the Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />requires that our department prepare a comprehensive transporta- <br />tion plan by July, 1978. We agree that Minnesota needs a plan <br />to guide transportation decisions and that this plan must respond <br />to the needs and interests of all Minnesotans. This is where we <br />need help from concerned organizations like yours. We need to <br />know what you and the people you represent think the principal <br />transportation issues are. <br />Your response could cover almost anything - -from repairing roads, <br />relieving traffic congestion or alleviating restrictions to im- <br />proving railroad service, or building more airports. You could <br />tell us to build more roads and bridges, or to stop; to emphasize <br />rail or truck or water transport; or, to establish more bikeways <br />or promote improved public transit. You might have suggestions <br />on energy cor_vervation, regulatory matters, environmental issues <br />or use of p_pelines; or electronic communications to decrease <br />transportation needs. Finally, you might wish to comment on the <br />most appropriate role of state government in any or all trans- <br />portation issues. <br />We have developed a three - phased approach to involve you in the <br />development of the plan. Currently, we are in the first phase of <br />our transportation plan. We call it the "issues identification" <br />phase. We need to hear from as many people as possible, telling <br />us what they think the issues are and what a transportation plan <br />should include. <br />In Phase II, we will be looking at alternative approaches to <br />addressing issues identified in Phase I. How do we balance all <br />the competing issues? Here we will need your help again - -to <br />review our evaluation of the issues and tell us which issues are <br />more important and which are less important. In Phase II we may <br />be asking citizens and groups with widely different viewpoints to <br />meet together so that trade offs between issues can be identified. <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />0 1L <br />