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I <br />Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />Transportation Building, St. Paul, MN 55155 <br />612-296-3000 <br />February 8, 1977 <br />Honorable Gayle;.C. Bromander <br />2872 18th Street, N.W. <br />New Brighton, Minnesota 55112 <br />Dear Mayor Bromander: <br />We need your help. <br />The law which created the Minnesota Department of Transportation requires that <br />our department prepare a comprehensive transportation plan by July, 1978. We <br />agree that Minnesota needs a plan to guide transportation decisions and that <br />this plan must respond to the needs and interests of all Minnesotans. <br />This is where we need help from concerned officials like yourself. We need to <br />know what you and the people you represent think the principal transportation <br />issues are. <br />Your response could cover almost anything -- from repairing roads, relieving <br />traffic congestion or alleviating load restrictions to improving railroad <br />service, or building more airports. You could tell us to build more roads and <br />bridges, or to stop; to emphasize rail or truck or water transport, or to <br />establish more bikeways or promote improved public transit. You might have <br />suggestions on energy conservation, regulatory matters, environmental issues, <br />use of pipelines, or on electronic communications to decrease transportation <br />needs. Or, you might wish to comment on the most appropriate role of state <br />government in any or all transportation issues. <br />We have developed a three -phased approach to involving citizens in the develop- <br />ment of the plan. Currently, we are in the first phase of our transportation, <br />plan. We call it the "issues identification" phase. We need to hear from as <br />many people as possible, telling us what they think the issues are and what a <br />transportation plan should include. <br />In Phase II, we will be looking at alternative approaches to addressing issues <br />identified in Phase I. How do we balance all the competing issues? Here we <br />will need your help again, to review our evaluation of the issues and tell us <br />which issues are more important -- which are less important. In Phase II we <br />may be asking citizens and groups with widely different viewpoints to meet <br />together so that trade-offs between issues can be identified. <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br />