1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to highways; requiring the commissioner of 
  1.3             transportation to construct a pedestrian-bicycle 
  1.4             overpass on marked trunk highway No. 36 in North St. 
  1.5             Paul. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY 36 OVERPASS.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED.] The commissioner 
  1.9   of transportation shall, as part of the commissioner's trunk 
  1.10  highway work program for fiscal year 1998, construct an overpass 
  1.11  suitable for pedestrians and bicycles over marked trunk highway 
  1.12  No. 36 in North St. Paul, to be located between the trunk 
  1.13  highway's intersections with Margaret Street and First Street.  
  1.14  The commissioner shall apportion the local share of the costs of 
  1.15  the overpass among the cities of North St. Paul, Oakdale, and 
  1.16  Maplewood and the department of natural resources.  The 
  1.17  commissioner shall take all steps necessary to secure federal 
  1.18  funding for a portion of the costs of the overpass. 
  1.19     Subd. 2.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY 36 RECONSTRUCTION.] The 
  1.20  commissioner need not comply with subdivision 1 if the 
  1.21  commissioner's trunk highway work plan for fiscal year 1998 
  1.22  includes a reconstruction of that part of marked trunk highway 
  1.23  No. 36 located in North St. Paul, and the reconstruction 
  1.24  includes a pedestrian-bicycle overpass within the city.