MnDOT admits it hasn't met DBE goals

Fiscal year 2000

Goal: 11.6 percent

Attained: 2.25 percent

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Fiscal year 2001

Goal: 11.6 percent

Attained: 4.2 percent

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Fiscal year 2002

Goal: 10.3 percent

Attained: 6.2 percent

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Fiscal year 2003

Goal: 7.6 percent

Attained: 5.2 percent

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Fiscal year 2004

Goal: 5.8 percent

Attained: 6.4 percent

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Fiscal year 2005

Goal: 6.7 percent

Attained: 4.6 percent

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Fiscal year 2006

Goal: 9.57 percent

Attained: 8.2 percent

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Fiscal year 2007

Goal: 6.27 percent*

Attained: 6.5 percent (first half of the year)

*In an interview with MPR reporter Dan Olson, a MnDOT representative said the DBE goal for FY2007 was 10 percent.

(Source: Minnesota Department of Transportation)