HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-111CITY OF LAKEVILLE
RESOLUTION NO. 21-111
Resolution Requesting Speed Limit Study Along County State Aid Highway 50
From Holyoke Avenue to County State Aid Highway 23
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner is authorized to
designate speed limits on public roadways per Minnesota Statute 169.14; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to State Statutes, local authorities may request the Minnesota Department
of Transportation Commissioner to perform a speed limit study when they believe the existing
speed limits are greater or less than is reasonable or safe under existing conditions; and
WHEREAS, County State Aid Highway 50 is under the jurisdiction of Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County, in partnership with the City of Lakeville; modernized County State
Aid Highway 50 (202°d Street) between Holyoke Avenue and County State Aid Highway 23
(Cedar Avenue) from a 2 -lane rural highway to a 3 -lane urban highway in 2019/2020; and
WHEREAS, current speed limits along this corridor have not been reviewed since County State
Aid Highway 50 between Holyoke Avenue and County State Aid Highway 23 was improved; and
WHEREAS, conditions along this corridor have sufficiently changed such that an engineering
and traffic investigation is appropriate to determine the reasonable and safe speed limits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lakeville,
Minnesota, that Dakota County request the Minnesota Department of Transportation
Commissioner to perform a speed limit study along County State Aid Highway 50 from Holyoke
Avenue to County State Aid Highway 23.
ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 7th day of September 2021.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
Douglas P. Anderson, Mayor
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Charlene Friedges, City Cl