Research Reports |
Title: | Infrastructure Needs: North Dakota's County, Township, and Tribal Roads and Bridges: 2022-2041 |
Authors: | Alan Dybing, Dale Heglund, Tim Horner, Bradley Wentz, Kelly Bengtson, Satpal Singh Wadhwa, and Sharijad Hasan |
Publication Date: | Sep 2022 |
TRID #: | 01928828 |
Keywords: | bridges, highways, infrastructure, needs assessment, rural areas, traffic forecasting, travel demand, truck traffic |
Type: | Research Report |
This report is the response to the North Dakota Legislature's request for a study of the transportation infrastructure needs of all counties, townships and tribes in the state. In 2019, the North Dakota Legislature advanced HB 1066 which had a provision for funding distributions to non-oil producing counties based on the most recent version of this study. HB 1066 also stated: "If the data compiled by the upper great plains transportation institute includes more than one twenty-year estimate for the total needs of each county, the state treasurer shall use an average of the twenty-year estimates for each County."
In this report, infrastructure needs are estimated using the most current production forecasts, traffic estimates, and roadway inventory and condition data available. Agricultural- and oil-related traffic are modeled in detail at the sub-county level. Oil-related traffic is predicted for individual spacing units, whereas agricultural production is estimated at the township level.
View supplemental information from the 2021-2023 North Dakota legislative study
The following reports are listed by publication date in reverse chronological order.