1i Resolution Supporting Imp to Hwy 212 to NYA
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CHANHASSEN
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PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM:
Paul Oehme, P.E., Dir. of Public Works/ City Engineer '\"0t',
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DATE:
May 19,2006
SUBJ:
Adopt Resolution in Support of Improvements to U.S.
Highway 212 from County Road 147 to Norwood Young America
REQUESTED ACTION
Approve resolution.
BACKGROUND
MnDOT hopes to begin advance design work later this year for improvements to
U.S. Highway 212 from County Road 147 west of the City of Chaska through
Norwood Young America. The work will include the completion of the
environmental assessment for expansion and reconstruction of the corridor. The
final design will provide a continuous four-lane divided highway across Carver
County. This project will also plan for officially mapping the corridor.
SW Corridor Transportation Coalition has requested communities in Carver
County support this project. A request to include funding in the FY 2007 Federal
Transportation Appropriations bill is being made. The project is estimated to cost
$6 million dollars. The federal request is for $3 million dollars.
RECOMMENDA TION
Staff recommends approval of the attached Resolution in Support of
Improvements to U.S. Highway 212. Approval of this resolution requires a
simple majority vote of those City Council members present.
ATTACHMENT
1. Resolution in Support of Improvements to U.S. Highway 212
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The City of Chanhassen · A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a charming downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks. A great place to live, work, and play.
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE:
Mav 22, 2006
RESOLUTION NO:
2006-
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. HIGHWAY 212
WHEREAS, the Highway 212 Corridor serves as a critical transportation link all the way
from the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area to the South Dakota Border and the corridor has been
designated part of the National Highway System as well as one of seven high-priority interregional
corridors identified by the State of Minnesota;
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 corridor has passed such a resolution;
WHEREAS, the number of households in Carver County is projected to increase by over
110% by 2030, with a population that will have grown from 48,000 in 1990 to 154,540 in 2030 and
the demand for greater capacity will grow significantly;
WHEREAS, the current highway poses serious 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
critical trade link to the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and have previously provided funding
through the IS TEA Transportation Authorization bill, TEA-21 Authorization Bill, the 2002
Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2003 Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2004
Transportation Appropriations bill, and the SAFETEA-LU;
WHEREAS, communities all along the corridor would like to continue to make progress in
improving this corridor, building on past funding to accelerate construction of a continuous four-
lane US Highway 212;
WHEREAS, additional funding is needed to continue efforts to improve the safety and
efficiency of US Highway;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Chanhassen strongly supports
inclusion of funding for efforts to improve and expand US Highway 212 in the FY2007
Transportation Appropriations bill.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 22nd day of May, 2006.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
YES
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
NO
ABSENT