| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; prohibiting commissioner of transportation from reducing |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 travel lanes or constructing a boulevard or land bridge on marked Interstate |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Highway 94 between the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul; amending Minnesota |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Statutes 2024, section 174.03, by adding a subdivision. |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.03, is amended by adding a subdivision |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | 1.8to read: |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 13.Interstate Highway 94; lane reduction, boulevard, or land bridge option |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | 1.10prohibited.(a) The commissioner of transportation must not reduce, close, or remove any |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | 1.11travel lanes designed for vehicular travel on marked Interstate Highway 94 between the |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | 1.12cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (b) The commissioner must not expend any funds to study, analyze, promote, review, |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | 1.14consult, or propose a boulevard or land bridge design for marked Interstate Highway 94. If |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | 1.15the commissioner determines that a redesign or modification of marked Interstate Highway |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | 1.1694 is necessary, the commissioner is prohibited from adopting a boulevard or land bridge |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | 1.17design for that purpose. |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (c) This section does not apply to lane reductions or closures necessary for resurfacing, |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | 1.19reconstruction, or maintenance of marked Interstate Highway 94 or reconstruction of the |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | 1.20highway for emergency purposes. |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | 25-00983 as introduced12/06/24 REVISOR KRB/HL |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 179NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: JASINSKI, Housley, Limmer, Lucero and Rasmusson) |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/16/2025 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Transportation |
|---|