Minnesota Department of Transportation

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Project development

Functional groups

Business Owners

Function

Businesses are organizations or entities engaged in commercial, industrial, or professional activities for profit. Business owners are important stakeholders in the project development process.Business impact mitigation is an important part of public involvement that involves businesses in the project development process, keeps them informed about project issues, helps them understand projects and their overall impacts, and mitigate construction impacts as feasible. Minnesota State, section 160.165 provides requirements for working with business owners who experience substantial business impacts because of state projects.  A substantial business impact is an impairment of road access, parking, or visibility for one month or longer for one or more businesses.