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Planning ahead Many highway construction projects have a Getting organized design phase of five or more years. This is The key to survival is bringing businesses the time when MnDOT engineers, in and the affected stakeholders together cooperation with local government officials, early and working together to survive plan the project, define the scope of what economically while the infrastructure is will be accomplished, study the alternatives improved. A local chamber of commerce or available,evaluate the impacts on the business association often becomes the community or neighborhood, and design the focal point as business people get organized. plans that a contractor will need to finish the A leader can be identified to represent the improvement. Occasionally, MnDOT hires business community to keep business consulting engineering firms to design the concerns in mind, to channel questions improvement,and sometimes to manage or suggestions to MnDOT and to carry its construction. information back to the businesses. Sometimes, a smaller group or committee is formed to specifically represent those ONS RU ION who are most affected by the construction. SPECIAL -ry Working cooperatively as a group has EVERYDAY 11- 2 PM advantages. Together, the business D B L, CHEESE �• community has the synergy to accomplish -� SMALLu more than its individual members could FRY accomplish on their own. Resources and SMALLPOP O P ideas can be pooled for the maximum '�( benefit. Working together saves time ONLY 111` and money in the long run. Throughout this design phase, MnDOT holds periodic meetings with local officials and citizens to hear their suggestions and concerns. By the time the construction crew rolls on-site, all of the design decisions have been made. It's important,therefore, for the business community to get involved early in the design phase and stay involved during construction. _, al 5t8ate OPEN FOR j Mall BUSINESS USINESS �, : . r#^ -- al- • 3 — .. 4. 4