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North Dakota Department of Transportation
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- Type
- State DOT — State DOT; its Planning and Asset Management Division holds the Freight and Rail Plan, the rail loan programme and the rail crossing programme
- Market · Region
- United States · North Dakota
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
State DOT that holds the rail plan, a rail loan fund and the federal rail grants.
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Writes the State Freight and Rail Plan, runs the rail crossing programme and rail loan programme, and applies for federal rail grants for crossings and short-line track. It owns no railway.
- Type
- State DOT — State DOT; its Planning and Asset Management Division holds the Freight and Rail Plan, the rail loan programme and the rail crossing programme
- Where
- North Dakota
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● USAspending award 69A36523420130CRSND · FRA CRISI grant to NDDOT, RRVW 3rd Subdivision Independence to Oakes: federal $6,294,964.13, non-federal $2,736,556.87, total $9,031,521; signed 2023-06-30; period ended 2025-03-31 (published 2023-06-30 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36525420530RCEND · FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to NDDOT, Grand Forks grade separation: federal $30,000,000, non-federal $20,625,000, total $50,625,000; signed 2025-07-23; period to 2030-05-31 (published 2025-07-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks 42nd Street rail underpass | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Oakes to Independence rail replacement | In execution | $5–25m |
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- Award history (3)
- Entry path
- Portals (4)
- Published contacts (2)
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7 sources · 6 primary
- ● NDDOT Rail Information page · Rail loan programmes (system critical, infrastructure improvement, economic development; maximum loan $5 million), railroad contact list naming BNSF, CPKC, DMVW, DNRR, NPR and RRVW, links to State Freight and Rail Plan and the Highway-Rail Grade Crossing State Action Plan (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NDDOT Freight and Rail Plan page · Combined State Freight and Rail Plan with appendices including Passenger Rail System, Rail Projects and Freight Investment Plan; filenames dated January 2023 (published 2023-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NDDOT State Funding Programs page · Rail Crossing Program (federal funds, 10% local match, closure match up to $7,500) and Rail Loan Program (Class I railroads not eligible); no fund size stated (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Progressive Railroading on the combined plan · Article of 2 February 2023: first combined freight and rail plan, work began April 2021; used because the plan PDF exceeded the fetch size. Secondary (published 2023-02-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Senate release on the Oakes rail replacement grant · Release of 2 June 2022: $6.7 million to NDDOT to replace 14.5 miles of rail on the Red River Valley Western near Oakes (published 2022-06-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Governor release on state funding for the Grand Forks underpass · Release of 7 March 2025: NDDOT to provide $20 million from the Flexible Transportation Fund because estimates exceeded $60 million; construction scheduled for 2026, completion 2028 (published 2025-03-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● NDDOT news index · NDDOT news releases (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
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