HF 1656

Introduction - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018)

Posted on 02/23/2017 01:30 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for certain highway projects in
Hennepin County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin HENNEPIN COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY PROJECTS;
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $12,500,000 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of
transportation for projects, including preliminary and final design, engineering, environmental
analysis, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and reconstruction, that improve intersections
or enhance safety along segments of trunk highways in Hennepin County having (1) annual
average daily traffic greater than 16,000 vehicles; (2) a severe and fatal crash rate greater
than 2.25 percent; and (3) a fatality rate exceeding an average of three deaths per mile within
an eight-mile segment of a continuous two-lane, two-way roadway.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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