1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to transportation; prohibiting commissioner of transportation from reducing
1.3 travel lanes or constructing a boulevard or land bridge on marked Interstate
1.4 Highway 94 between the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul; amending Minnesota
1.5 Statutes 2024, section 174.03, by adding a subdivision.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.8to read:
1.9 Subd. 13.Interstate Highway 94; lane reduction, boulevard, or land bridge option
1.10prohibited.(a) The commissioner of transportation must not reduce, close, or remove any
1.11travel lanes designed for vehicular travel on marked Interstate Highway 94 between the
1.12cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
1.13 (b) The commissioner must not expend any funds to study, analyze, promote, review,
1.14consult, or propose a boulevard or land bridge design for marked Interstate Highway 94. If
1.15the commissioner determines that a redesign or modification of marked Interstate Highway
1.1694 is necessary, the commissioner is prohibited from adopting a boulevard or land bridge
1.17design for that purpose.
1.18 (c) This section does not apply to lane reductions or closures necessary for resurfacing,
1.19reconstruction, or maintenance of marked Interstate Highway 94 or reconstruction of the
1.20highway for emergency purposes.
1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1Section 1.
25-00983 as introduced12/06/24 REVISOR KRB/HL
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 179NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: JASINSKI, Housley, Limmer, Lucero and Rasmusson)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/16/2025
Referred to Transportation