Section 12A.16 Transportation

MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES

12A.16 TRANSPORTATION.

Subdivision 1.Operation and maintenance.

The commissioner may use appropriations from the trunk highway fund for transportation infrastructure operation and maintenance related to a disaster.

Subd. 2.State trunk highway and bridge damage.

The commissioner is responsible to reconstruct and repair trunk highways and trunk highway bridges located in the disaster area and damaged by the disaster.

Subd. 3.Local road and bridge damage.

The commissioner may make grants to local governments for the capital costs of reconstructing and replacing local roads and bridges damaged or destroyed by the disaster. Before the commissioner releases grant money, a grantee must submit final plans to the commissioner for each project under this subdivision. The commissioner must determine project priorities, review project plans in light of those priorities, and, if necessary, require changes to the project plans to ensure the most prudent use of limited state resources.

Subd. 4.Local guidelines.

The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, must develop guidelines for local governments to use to respond to natural disasters in order to maximize the use of federal disaster assistance. The guidelines must address the use of local employees and equipment and contracted employees and equipment in the disaster response and the relative eligibility for federal reimbursement.