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Frequently Asked Questions Corridor Investment Management Strategy What is CIMS? CIMS is a corridor-based initiative that brings MnDOT together with its local, modal and state partners to identify opportunities for collaborative and innovative investment. Il offers a means to share information and identify opportunities to apply MnDOT's suite of lower cost, high benefit investment strategies that address safety and mobility. MnDOT will facilitate annual CIMS meetings and an interactive website that brings MnDOT together with its partners to exchange information and discuss opportunities for collaborative and sustainable investment. Investment opportunities identified through the CIMS process will be considered for a competitive solicitation to be launched in 2013. Additionally, for each corridor MnDOT will channel input received through the CIMS process into a 10-year Corridor Outlook, which will be updated annually. Why did MnDOT create CIMS? In the 1990s and early/mid 2000s, MnDOT and its regional partners developed many visions and plans for improving corridors across the state. At that time the economy was booming, the system was in better condition, revenues were increasing, and there was an expectation that funding would be available to make large scale capacity and access improvements. Now, times are different. The cost of implementing existing corridor plans far exceeds available revenue for the foreseeable future. This has caused MnDOT to rethink its strategy on some corridors. It has also caused many of MnDOT's partners to ask "How can we move forward with our corcidor plans in light of today's challenges?" In 2011, MnDOT convened seveml meetings with corridor coalitions to discuss the situation and identify an approach for addressing regional and local priorities. Based on those discussions and other feedback MnDOT has received from stakeholders expressing a desire for more information related to their corridors, MnDOT developed the CIMS concept and approach. Which corridors are included? MnDOT is initiating the CIMS process on a limited number of corridors, but intends to extend the program to additional state highway corridors in the coming years. In greater Minnesota, the first round will focus on the Interregional Condor System and corridors recently identified as supplemental to the IRC system based on their significance for freight movement. In the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, the first round will focus on the state Principal Arterials and transitways that run on state highways. In addition, groups representing several other corridors were part of discussions with MnDOT that led to the creation of CIMS and have been included for continuity. MnDOT will incorporate feedback from this initial round of meetings in future rounds, which will include additional state trunk highway corridors. CIMS Frequently Asked Questions - 517112