The 2025 Legislative Session began on January 14th and was scheduled to end by May 19th. The legislature needed to pass a two-year budget during the session in order to keep state government functioning. Although capital bonding bills are typically passed during the event-numbered sessions, there was no agreement on a bonding bill during the 2024 session.
After a one-day special session on June 9th, the Legislature passed a two-year budget and a capital bonding bill. The Minnesota Transportation Alliance worked hard to maintain the funding gains from 2023. Visit our Legislative Action page for more information.
The Minnesota Legislature wrapped up its work for the 2025 Session on June 9th with a one-day special session. The Transportation Budget bill was among the bills needing to be passed. The bill includes a number of Transportation Alliance priorities:
This year’s theme, “People, Purpose, Presence,” highlights three cornerstone ideals that motivate public works professionals to serve in their communities every day. Meeting the needs of people is what gives public works its sense of purpose. Many times, public works professionals will never meet those whose lives have been impacted because when things are going right, no one knows that public works is there. Yet,…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Department has approved another 180 infrastructure grants to get America building again. The latest grants, which total more than $3.2 billion, are part of the unprecedented backlog of more than 3,200 projects the previous administration announced.
The…
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season to encourage safe driving through highway work zones. The key message is for drivers to use extra caution in work zones. NWZAW is April 21-25, hosted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Learn all about the 2025 theme and poster, find the…
