Improving the presentation of one of the strangest Minnesota state government document batches we’ve ever run across, PIM staff has released a more complete version of the massive MnDOT doc dump about the rather mysterious plan hatched by the North American Super Corridor Coalition (NASCO) to implement a military-style RFID-powered shipping container tracking system on [...]
by Staff
Published: December 14, 2007
Tags: MnDOT, NAFTA, NAFTRACS, Transportation
digg_url = ‘http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2007/dec/14/pim-exclusive-superrondo-ii-new-nasco-nafta-superhighway-docs-released-mndot’; reddit_url=’http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2007/dec/14/pim-exclusive-superrondo-ii-new-nasco-nafta-superhighway-docs-released-mndot’ reddit_title=’PIM Exclusive: SuperRondo II: New NASCO NAFTA Superhighway Docs Released From MnDOT’ Add to NewsVine The design of transportation systems carries its own ideology: the routes, exit placement, the eminent domain actions, the financing, carpool or toll road lanes; all these issues loom large in Minnesota, especially since no one can agree how to pay for needed work. St. Paul’s [...]
by Staff
Published: August 9, 2007
Tags: Bridge Collapse, Document, Download, I-35W Bridge, Minneapolis, MnDOT, PDF, Transportation, University of Minnesota, URS
MnDOT has released five documents on its website relating specifically to the I-35W bridge (bridge number 9340) which we have packaged into a zip file (35 MB). The files include an outside consultant review, a University of Minnesota Civil Engineering field report, two brief status summary documents, and, most troubling, a MnDOT “Fracture Critical” engineering summary which reveals in candid descriptions and shocking photographs the deterioration [...]
by Sarah Janecek
Published: August 4, 2007
Tags: Carol Molnau, Elwyn Tinklenberg, I-35W Bridge, Jesse Ventura, MnDOT, Tim Pawlenty
The bridge collapse–in what's sure to be an excruciatingly painful process–will put the spotlight on what anyone who has worked in Minnesota transportation policy has known for decades: the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is a mess. No one administration or political party is to blame. The Rudy Perpich (DFL) Administration (1982-1990), the Arne Carlson (R) Administration (1990-1998), the Jesse Ventura (I) [...]
by Sarah Janecek
Published: August 2, 2007
Tags: Bridge Collapse, I-35W Bridge, MnDOT, Nick Coleman, Tim Pawlenty, Transportation
Shame on the Star Tribune’s Nick Coleman and the rest of the left who are laying the blame for the tragic collapse of the I-35W bridge on GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty. We don’t even know the number–let alone the names–of people killed. Doesn’t matter to Coleman and his ilk. Take any shot to smear a Republican. Writes Coleman: For half a dozen years, [...]
by Staff
Published: July 13, 2007
Tags: Canada, Central Corridor, Document, I-35, I-94, Mexico, MnDOT, NAFTA, NAFTRACS, NASCO, Public Relations, Rondo, SPP, St. Paul, Trade, Transportation
digg_url = ‘http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2007/jul/13/superrondo-mndot-nasco-and-i-35-nafta-superhighway-plans’; SuperRondo Superhighway? MnDOT, NASCO, and plans for the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway UPDATE December 14, 2007: More documents from MnDOT were released in November, shedding further light on how NASCO is set up, its federal contract, and the effect of Minnesota’s Lockheed office on earmarks. See PIM Exclusive: SuperRondo II: New NASCO NAFTA Superhighway Docs [...]
