Innovative Partnerships:Working Together for Exceptional Results

Craig Lamothe, AICPSenior Project ManagerEngineering & Facilities

Metro Transit

Mn/DOT – ACEC/MN Annual Conference March 2, 2010

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Twin Cities UPA ProgramTolling, Transit, Telecommuting & Technology

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Twin Cities UPA FundingTolling, Transit, Telecommuting & Technology

$133.3M Federal Funding (5 sources)

$24.8M Trunk Highway Bonds

$16.7M State GO Bonds

$4.0M Regional Transit Capital Bonds

$3.2M General Fund

$800K Trunk Highway Funds

Over $20M Other Federal, State & Local funds

• Same Week business items

• Totally At-Risk activity (7 mos.)

• Design without NEPA approval

• Design before property acquisition

• Exercising option of eminent domain

• Early completion incentives

• Overtime (weekends and evenings)

• Significant detours and closures

Innovative Delivery Techniques

Twin Cities UPA Organization

Urban Partners Mn/DOT Met Council Nick Thompson Craig Lamothe

Steering Committee Executive representation

Communications Committee Communicators from each

organization or agency

Project Leads Project managers for each project with organizational

structures of their own

Marq2 – Chef Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen

Shafer Contracting

Company, Inc. Meisinger

Construction Company, Inc.

Communication and Coordination

• Partnering

• Weekly stakeholder meetings

• Project updates

• Construction updates

• Paving & traffic alerts

• Before and after study of all UPA/CRD cities

• Final report (2012)– Innovative partnerships

• Twin Cities UPA program goals15-20 % congestion reduction within 3 years1,400 new park-and-ride spaces 500 new I-35W Corridor teleworkers (ROWE) 1500 new regional teleworkers

National Evaluation