1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for project development on 
1.3 	expansion of a segment of U.S. Highway 169 to a four-lane highway.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; U.S. HIGHWAY 169 EXPANSION PROJECT 
1.6 	DEVELOPMENT.
 1.7 	$6,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of transportation for planning, predesign, design, engineering, and environmental analysis 
1.9 	and remediation of expansion of marked U.S. Highway 169 from a two-lane to a four-lane 
1.10 	divided highway between Taconite and Pengilly. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
1.11 	available until June 30, 2027.