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Project development

MnDOT's transportation project development process

MnDOT’s transportation project development process (TPDP) outlines the steps a project manager, environmental document writer, and designer must take to bring a project to completion. The graphic below represents the phases that a project goes through from conception to completion.

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Engagement PublicEngagementandCommunications Communications Engineering Planning Scoping Preliminary Design Final Design Preletting and Letting Construction Operations and Maintenance Environment EnvironmentalReview EnvironmentalCommitments

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Engagement process


Engineering process


Environmental process