2020 Washington, D.C. Transportation Fly-In

Tuesday, September 22

3:00 pm CST– Welcome and Discussion of Federal Transportation Funding

• Status of Federal Highway Trust Fund
• Proposals for 5-year Surface Transportation Funding plan House and Senate
• Update on FY2021 THUD Appropriations

Emily Tranter, Lockridge Grindal Nauen; Dennis McGrann, Folger Square Group; Serge Phillips, MnDOT

4:30 CST – Reception and Networking 

• MnDOT Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher
  Great opportunity to talk with other participants

Wednesday, September 23   

7:30 am CST – Breakfast with Minnesota Congressional Delegation       

10:30 am 

• Changes to National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)/
• Discretionary Grants: BUILD and NFRA Grants, ROUTES
• Kevan Stone, Executive Director, National Association of County Engineers (NACE)
• Sean Poole, Dir. Of Intergovernmental Relations, US DOT Paul Baumer, US DOT and John Augustine US DOT, Loren Smith Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Thursday, September 24

8:00 am – Breakfast with Senator Klobuchar -

Caroline Hunsicker, Office of Senator Smith; American Public Transit Assn.

• Federal Transit Funding
• CARES Act Status
• Proposed Transit Funding by House and Senate
• Minnesota Transit Needs and Projects

9:30 am CST – Transportation Funding and Construction in Other States
Dr. Alison Black, American Road and Transportation Builders Association