The Regional Solicitation is a competitive process to award transportation funding to projects that meet regional transportation needs. It includes three different programs: Regional Solicitation for federal transportation funding, Active Transportation Solicitation, and Highway Safety Improvement Program Solicitation.
The three solicitations are competitive grant processes that the Transportation Advisory Board and Met Council use to prioritize and invest federal transportation funds and regional sales tax funds in infrastructure and services like roads, bridges, transit routes, bike paths, sidewalks, and electric vehicle charging and programs like travel demand management and active transportation planning. These solicitations are part of the Metropolitan Council’s federally required continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative transportation planning process for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
The application period for the 2026 Regional Solicitation and Active Transportation Solicitation closed on June 25, 2026 at 4 p.m.
Next Steps
Now that applications have been submitted, the review, scoring, and selection process begins:
- July 23 – TAC Funding & Programming Committee will approve qualified applications for scoring
- July to September – Scoring committees including technical experts from across the region will evaluate and score the approved applications
- September to November – Committees will prepare funding scenarios for the Transportation Advisory Board’s consideration
- November to January – The Transportation Advisory Board will recommend projects for funding to the Metropolitan Council to approve projects that will receive funding.