1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing requirements concerning completion of 
1.3 	construction projects on marked Trunk Highway 14.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 14 PROJECTS.
 1.6 	The commissioner of transportation shall include in the next update of the state 
1.7 	transportation improvement program construction or reconstruction of marked Trunk 
1.8 	Highway 14 as a four-lane divided highway:
1.9 	(1) from the interchange with marked Trunk Highway 218 near the city of Owatonna 
1.10 	to the point near the city of Dodge Center at which marked Trunk Highway 14 constitutes 
1.11 	a four-lane divided highway, located southeast of the intersection with marked Trunk 
1.12 	Highway 56; and
1.13 	(2) from the city of New Ulm to the intersection with Nicollet County State-Aid 
1.14 	Highway 6, located west of the city of North Mankato.
1.15 	These marked Trunk Highway 14 projects must remain in the state transportation 
1.16 	improvement program until they are completed. They may not be delayed from their initial 
1.17 	date of scheduled commencement unless the commissioner notifies the chairs and ranking 
1.18 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation 
1.19 	policy and finance of special unforeseen circumstances.