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• Preserve existing freight movement. • Support an emerging industry. • Provide connections between the trunk highway system and other transportation modes for the movement of freight. 2. Projects must be consistent with MnDOT's Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan. 3. Projects must be able to begin construction within four years of award of the funding, but the actual construction start may be delayed beyond 4-years to avoid significant impacts to the travelling public by having parallel routes in the same region under construction at the same time. 4. Projects must be on the Interregional Corridor Network of state highways, including the supplemental freight routes, in Greater Minnesota or any state highway in the eight -county MnDOT Metropolitan District. 5. The amount of corridors of commerce funding needed to construct the project (including construction cost, right-of-way, & engineering) cannot exceed the amount of funding available. 6. A project that is listed in MnDOT's State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is not eligible for funding, unless the project was listed in the STIP because it previously received Corridors of Commerce funding. III. Project Recommendations Thin Prnracc MnDOT will utilize an on-line project recommendation process. (New for 2022) Only an individual serving as an official representative of one of the following organizations may submit a project recommendation for consideration of the program below: • An area transportation partnership • Any city, county, or township in Minnesota • Any tribal government in Minnesota • Any corridor coalition which is formally organized as a not -for -profit organization. • Any metropolitan planning organization • Any regional development organization Each project submitted needs to be able to provide to MnDOT, upon request, a copy of a resolution or letter authorizing them to submit that project on behalf of the organization. (New for 2022) Each