2010-39 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: April 26, 2010 RESOLUTION NO: 2010 -39
MOTION BY: Ernst SECONDED BY: McDonald
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR
US HIGHWAY 212 AND MINNESOTA TH 5
WHEREAS, Highway 212 is a major US highway serving the southwest portion of the
state and has been in need of expansion to improve safety and freight movement for decades;
WHEREAS, forty -one communities and local chambers of commerce have passed
resolutions supporting improvements to Highway 212 to expand the capacity of this highway and
the Board of Commissioners of every county along the comdor has passed such a resolution;
WHEREAS, the current highway poses senous safety problems as it switches from a
four -lane facility west of Chaska to a two -lane highway, then switches back to a four -lane
highway around Cologne and back to a two -lane highway from Cologne to Norwood Young
America and would be much safer and much better able to handle present and projected traffic
flows if it were a continuous four -lane highway through this area;
WHEREAS, Congress and the State of Minnesota have recognized the need to expand
this cntical trade link to the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and have previously provided
funding through the ISTEA Transportation Authorization bill, TEA -21 Authorization bill, the
2002 Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2003 Transportation Appropnations bill, the 2004
Transportation Appropriations bill and SAFETEA -LU;
WHEREAS, Highway 5 is the primary east -west route connecting the communities of
Chanhassen, Victoria, Waconia and Norwood Young America to the metropolitan area;
WHEREAS, Highway 5 provides access to important destinations such as the Ridgeview
Medical Center in Waconia and the University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum;
WHEREAS, the crash rate on Highway 5 is 20 percentage points higher than the
statewide average while the fatality rate for these crashes is over 70 percentage points higher than
the statewide average;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that City of Chanhassen strongly supports
the proposed safety improvements and expansions of both US Highway 212 and Minnesota
TH 5, and encourages our state and federal elected and appointed officials to utilize all
reasonable measures to secure funding for the same.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 26 day of Apnl, 2010.
ATTEST:
4 4.
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Ma or
YES NO ABSENT
Furlong None None
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Ernst
McDonald
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