DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract With Minnesota Department Of Transportation For Architectural And Archeological History Survey For County State Aid Highway 26 Roadway Reconstruction In City Of Eagan, County Project 26-67
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize contract execution with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for Architectural And Archeological History Survey for County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 26 Roadway Reconstruction in City of Eagan, County Project (CP) 26-67 (Attachment: Project Location Map).
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient transportation system Dakota County is proceeding with CP 26-67 in the city of Eagan. County Project 26-67 that will improve County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 26 (Lone Oak Road) roadway by modifying the existing roadway from a four lane and five lane undivided roadway section to a lane reduction with one through lane in each direction from CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) to I-35E. The project includes reconstruction of roadway and trail along CSAH 26 from Trunk Highway (TH) 13 to CSAH 31 and pedestrian crossings adjacent to Pilot Knob Stem School in conformance with the School Travel Area Safety Assessment. This assessment identified safety improvements for portions of CSAH 26 near Pilot Knob Stem Elementary School. Construction for CP 26-67 is scheduled to occur in 2025.
By Resolution No. 22-043 (January 24, 2022), the County Board authorized execution of a contract with Bolton & Menk for design services for CP 26-67. During the design phase, Bolton & Menk embarked upon MnDOT's Environmental Early Notification Memo (ENM) process, which is used to provide early notification of a proposed project and/or request early review of the project to ensure that environmental concerns and other interests related to the project are considered in the project scoping, layout or design. During this process it was determined there is a potential presence of...
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