Minnesota Legislature: Transportation



Pumping gas

Lawmaker calls for higher gas tax

A member of the state Senate Transportation Committee says Minnesota will have to raise its gasoline tax to help pay for roads and bridges. (09/10/2009)
Road construction between Minneapolis and St. Paul

A busy year for highway and bridge construction

State transportation officials announced a long list of highway and bridge construction projects that will get underway shortly in Minnesota. (04/08/2009)
Pumping gas

Pawlenty wants Minnesota to test mileage tax

State officials say Minnesota is working on a pilot program to test the idea of charging drivers for each mile they drive. Other states around the country are considering a vehicle mileage tax, as revenues from the gas tax are expected to decline. (03/18/2009)

Federal money to fund Minn. highway improvements

Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced $180 million worth of new road and bridge projects in greater Minnesota today. The projects will be funded by federal stimulus dollars. (02/25/2009)

Transportation projects top the list, but is there enough money?

The new stimulus agreement sends $46 billion to transportation projects such as highway, bridge and mass transit construction. While Minnesota's share of that is not known, the federal funds are sure to be another factor as lawmakers figure out how much to spend on road projects. (Midmorning, 02/12/2009)

A taxing dilemma

With the state treasury facing projected $4.8 billion budget deficit, lawmakers must decide whether to make up some of that gap with additional revenue. (Midday, 01/14/2009)

Transportation one exception to funding crisis

While most every area of state government faces trims, bridge and road funding can't be touched. (01/07/2009)

Minn. officials to replace 11 major bridges by 2018

Minnesota transportation officials outlined a $2.5 billion draft bridge improvement plan that would replace 11 major highway and freeway spans over the next decade -- a top priority set by lawmakers after last year's Interstate 35W bridge collapse. (06/16/2008)

McLaughlin elected chair of new metro transit board

Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin will chair a board that will decide how to spend about $1 billion over the next 10 years. (05/07/2008)

U of M to make its case for alternate LRT route

University of Minnesota officials disagree with the Metropolitan Council over the Central Corridor route through the U of M campus, as the clock ticks on the application for funding. (04/30/2008)

Pawlenty names new MnDOT chief

Gov. Tim Pawlenty has named Tom Sorel, an official with the Federal Highway Administration, as the state's next transportation comissioner. (04/21/2008)

Bridge victims' fund stuck at Capitol

With a month left in the 2008 Legislative session, that plan to compensate victims of the 35W bridge collapse is stuck. (04/18/2008)

Democrats say it's up to Pawlenty to revive rail money

Advocates of the Central Corridor light rail line vented Tuesday over Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of state financing for the project and said it's up to him to keep the project from withering. (04/08/2008)

Anoka, Ramsey counties approve transit sales tax; Carver says 'no'

The recently-enacted transportation bill raises the gas tax for all Minnesotans, and it also includes a metro-area sales tax. State lawmakers gave metro area counties the power to raise a 0.25 percent sales tax to pay for transit projects. (03/25/2008)

House Republican who voted to override Pawlenty won't run again

State Rep. Kathy Tingelstad already paid a political price for going against her party to support a transportation spending bill. Now, Tingelstad says she won't run for re-election. (03/24/2008)

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