The Regional Solicitation is a competitive process to award transportation funding to projects that meet regional transportation needs. It includes the Regional Solicitation, Active Transportation Solicitation, and Highway Safety Improvement Program Solicitation.
The solicitation is part of the Metropolitan Council’s federally required continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative transportation planning process for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. For federally funded projects, funding program and related rules and requirements are established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and administered locally through collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). For regionally funded projects through the Active Transportation Solicitation, the program requirements were established by the Minnesota legislature.