West Central Minnesota Regional Information

Doing Business with District 4

For contractors

• Bid Letting
• Bituminous Forms
• Design Build Contracting
• Map and Manuals
• Land Management & work on MnDOT right of way
• Utility Agreements and Permits

For motor carriers

• Commercial Vehicle Operations: Statutes and rules, permits, operating authority, education and training and more.
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration forms

For roadside partners

• Adopt-A-Highway - Public service program for volunteers to pick up litter along Minnesota’s highways. Volunteer today! Contact one of our District 4 offices for more details:
  • Detroit Lakes 218-846-3600
  • Morris 320-208-7000
• Landscape Partnerships - How your community can work with MnDOT to design, install and maintain roadside plantings
• Living Snow Fences - Off-road plantings help keep state highways clear in winter. Federal and state government are partnering to expand the living snow fence program.
• Moorhead HAWK Signal (PDF): An explanation of the new pedestrian signal.
• Headwaters RDC: Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and Mahnomen counties
• Upper Minnesota Valley RDC: Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift and Yellow Medicine counties
  
• Tribes and Transportation: Information and contacts for Indian tribal governments located within Minnesota.
• West Central Initiative

Financing Minnesota roads

• Congressional Transportation Status Report
• Minnesota GO
• State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
• Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan (20-year plan)
• DRAFT Statewide Freight Plan

Purchasing equipment and property

• Equipment - Cooperative purchasing venture for cities, counties and townships
• Excess property for sale - Pictures, descriptions, bid forms and instructions to purchase excess land and buildings

Transit and commuter rail

• Greater Minnesota Transit Investment Plan
• Northstar Commuter Rail: Big Lake to Minneapolis
• Rural Transit: Providers by county