HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-008CITY OF LAKEVILLE
RESOLUTION NO. 18-08
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR
CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE PROGRAM FUNDS
FOR THE I-35WII-494 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville is a member of the I -35W Solutions Alliance, which
supports the funding, building, operating and maintaining of a robust multimodal transportation
system that reduces congestion, improves safety, and enables the metropolitan area and the State
of Minnesota to better compete with the other areas of the United States and the world; and
WHEREAS, in 2013 the Corridors of Commerce program was created and authorized $300
million in bonding for projects not already in the State Transportation Improvement Program, in
2014 an additional $31.5 million was authorized, and in 2017 the Minnesota Legislature funded
the Corridors of Commerce program by authorizing up to a total of $400 million for the
construction, reconstruction and improvement of trunk highways for this round of the program;
and
WHEREAS, the I-35WII-494 interchange improvement project is not currently included
in the State Transportation Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the Corridors of Commerce program establishes two major goals: (1) to
provide additional highway capacity on segments where there are currently bottlenecks in the
transportation system; and (2) to improve the movement of freight and reduce barriers of
commerce; and
WHEREAS, the I-35WII-494 interchange improvement project is consistent with the
guiding principles and objectives put forth in the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan, can
begin within four years of award of funding, intersects the two most heavily congested state
highways in the state, would reduce the worst freight and commuter bottleneck in the state (and
18th worst in the nation), and Phase I of the interchange project can be built with the Corridor of
Commerce funding available resulting in a fully funded project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lakeville
hereby supports the submittal of an application for Corridors of Commerce program funds for the
I-35WII-494 Phase I interchange improvement project and nominates this project as a priority for
funding.
ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 16th day of January 2018.
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Charlene Friedges, City lerk
Douglas P. Anderson, Mayor