1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; highways; establishing requirements concerning 
1.3 	completion of 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 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall include in the next update of the state 
1.7 	highway investment plan projects for the construction or reconstruction of marked Trunk 
1.8 	Highway 14 as follows:
1.9 	(1) as a four-lane divided highway from the interchange with marked Trunk 
1.10 	Highway 218 near the city of Owatonna to the point near the city of Dodge Center 
1.11 	at which marked Trunk Highway 14 constitutes a four-lane divided highway, located 
1.12 	southeast of the intersection with marked Trunk Highway 56;
1.13 	(2) as a four-lane divided highway from the city of New Ulm to the intersection with 
1.14 	Nicollet County State-Aid Highway 6, located west of the city of North Mankato; and
1.15 	(3) reconstruction of the interchanges between marked Trunk Highway 14 and: 
1.16 	marked Trunk Highway 15; County State-Aid Highway 42; and marked Trunk Highway 
1.17 	169.
1.18 	(b) The marked Trunk Highway 14 projects in paragraph (a) must remain in the 
1.19 	state highway investment plan until they are completed. They may not be delayed from 
1.20 	their initial date of scheduled commencement unless the commissioner notifies the chairs 
1.21 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.22 	transportation policy and finance of special unforeseen circumstances.