SF2323 Summary

• Designates the Jim Oberstar Bikeway as a state bicycle route running from St. Paul through Duluth to Grand Marais and Minnesota's Canadian border.

• Increases the direct negotiation threshold for the transportation commissioner from $100,000 to $250,000 for small construction and maintenance projects without competitive bidding.

• Establishes an Indian employment preference for members of federally recognized Tribes on transportation projects funded under federal law on or near Indian reservations.

• Adds federally recognized Indian Tribes as eligible recipients for financial assistance under multiple transportation grant programs and fund accounts.

• Removes three legislative routes (No. 264, 274, and 301) from state jurisdiction and expands eligible uses of town bridge and local road accounts to include historic bridge preservation and repair.