1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for noise barriers on marked 
1.3 	Interstate Highway 694.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MARKED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 694 NOISE BARRIERS.
 1.6 	(a) $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of transportation for installation of noise barriers in the following segments 
1.8 	of marked Interstate Highway 694:
1.9 	(1) on the south side from Anoka County State-Aid Highway 1, known as University 
1.10 	Avenue, to 7th Street NE in Fridley;
1.11 	(2) on the north side from Matterhorn Drive NE in Fridley to the prolongation of Black 
1.12 	Oak Drive in New Brighton;
1.13 	(3) on the south side from the existing noise barrier near the western border of New 
1.14 	Brighton to Anoka County State-Aid Highway 44, known as Silver Lake Road; and
1.15 	(4) on the south side from the prolongation of 8th Avenue NW for a distance of 
1.16 	approximately 750 feet to the highway-rail crossing in New Brighton.
1.17 	(b) The commissioner may adjust the locations specified in paragraph (a) as reasonably 
1.18 	necessary to address noise impacts and establish continuous barriers. This is a onetime 
1.19 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.