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Transportation Advisory Board <br /> of the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities <br /> TO: All Applicants in the 2005 Regional Solicitation. <br /> FROM: Kevin Roggenbuck, Coordinator <br /> DATE: March 30, 2006 <br /> RE: Notice of TAB selection of projects. <br /> Thank you for submitting transportation project proposals in the 2005 regional solicitation process. On <br /> Wednesday, March 15, the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)completed its review of the applications <br /> submitted for federal transportation funding. A total of 134 applications in the Surface Transportation <br /> Program-Urban Guarantee, Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Program, the Transportation Enhancement <br /> Program and the Bridge Improvement Replacement program met the qualifying criteria. Teams of <br /> transportation professionals from around the region evaluated the projects and ranked them by their total <br /> score. The regional solicitation is a very competitive process and the TAB exhausted all available federal <br /> funds after selecting 56 projects in these four categories. <br /> MN/DOT also solicited for projects in the Hazard Elimination and Rail Crossing Safety categories, <br /> evaluated the proposals and presented a ranked list of projects to the TAB. Based on the funds available <br /> in these categories, the TAB selected 16 hazard elimination projects and 21 rail crossing projects to <br /> receive funding. <br /> A complete list of all the projects selected to receive federal funds in these six categories can be <br /> found in the Metropolitan Council's website at: <br /> http://www.metrocouncii.org/planning/transportation/regsolicit.htm. <br /> If your project was selected to receive federal funding, it will be programmed for implementation in either <br /> 2009 or 2010 within the region's draft 2007-2010 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The <br /> federal and match amounts will also be adjusted for anticipated inflation up to the program year of <br /> implementation. This amount is a fixed cost cap. The federal funds awarded to these selected projects <br /> will sunset on March 31st of the year after the program year. Even though the TAB has selected these <br /> projects, the federal funds awarded to them cannot be used until the 2007-2010 State TIP has been <br /> approved by the US Dept. of Transportation. <br /> Mears Park Centre 230 East Fifth Street St.Paul,Minnesota (651)602-1728 Fax(651)602-1739 <br /> C:\windows\TEMP\TAB select memo.doc <br />