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MnDOT Warns Asset‑Sustainability Targets Would Shift Billions; Lawmakers Debate Timing and Scope
Summary
A proposed asset‑sustainability ratio (ASR) target would require MnDOT to raise pavement investments; MnDOT told the committee meeting the House timeline and targets would force large reallocations across bridges, freight and safety programs and estimated multihundred‑million to billion‑dollar impacts over the coming years.
Legislative language in the House and Senate would establish an asset‑sustainability ratio (ASR) target to measure how well capital renewal spending replaces asset depreciation across MnDOT’s system. Committee counsel and MnDOT officials told lawmakers the difference between the House and Senate drafting is primarily timing: the House would begin reporting and meeting targets earlier (first requirements in 2027), while the Senate delays implementation until 2031.
Fiscal staff summarized both sides: both drafts would increase a reported ASR from current levels toward a long‑term target (House and Senate texts scale a target up to about 0.85 over time), but they differ on when the statutory requirements begin. MnDOT Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger described the likely fiscal…
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