HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-133 Resolution Requesting the MNDOT to perform speed zone study for Dodd Boulevard CITY OF LAKEVILLE
RESOLUTION NO. 24-133
Resolution Requesting the Minnesota Department of Transportation to Perform a Speed
Zone Study for podd Boulevard from Granby Lane to Pilot Knob Road
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 that the Minnesota
Department of Transportation perform an engineering and traffic investigation speed zone study
when they believe the eacisting speed limit is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under existing
conditions; and
WHEREAS,the City of Lakeville has jurisdiction over podd Boulevard;and
WHEREAS, Dodd Boulevard between Granby Lane and Pilot Knob Road was reconstructed and
modernized as two-lane highway between 2023 and 2024; and
WHEREAS, the speed limit along the corridor has not been reviewed since roadway
improvements were completed and conditions along the corridor have sufficiently changed such
that an engineering study and traffic investigation is appropriate to determine reasonable and safe
speed limits.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lakeville,Minnesota
requests that the Minnesota Department of Transportation perform an engineering study and
traffic investigation for podd Boulevard from Granby Lane to Pilot Knob Road.
ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 16�'day of December 2024.
Luke M. Hellier,Mayor
Ann Orlofsky,City Clerk