DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
title
Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Inver Grove Heights For Construction Of County State Aid Highway 32, County Project 32-65
end
PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Inver Grove Heights for the construction of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 32 (117th Street), County Project (CP) 32-65.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient transportation system, the City of Inver Grove Heights, in cooperation with Dakota County, is proceeding with CP 32-65. The project will reconstruct 117th Street East from CSAH 71 (Rich Valley Boulevard) to the Trunk Highway (TH) 52/117th Street Interchange. The project is a part of the larger CSAH 32 network in Dakota County, which connects Interstate 35W in Burnsville to TH 52 in Inver Grove Heights. The corridor serves a high volume of freight traffic. The purpose of the project is to meet 10-ton design standards, enhance transportation system efficiency and mobility, reduce access points, improve pavement conditions, and facilitate the phased development of an essential east-west transportation corridor within the region. Another objective is to provide pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the 117th Street corridor for future connection to the Mississippi River Trail (MRT) east of TH 52 (Attachment: Project Location).
The project will reconstruct 117th Street to a two-lane, median-divided roadway for a one-mile segment of 117th Street between Rich Valley Boulevard and the Flint Hills Resources Refinery access, just west of the TH 52/117th Street Interchange. There will be pavement preservation improvements (mill and overlay) between the Pine Bend Refinery access and Courthouse Boulevard (excluding the TH 52 bridge).
In coordination with Dakota County, the City received a federal freight grant of $8 million for the project. Both the City of Inver Grove Heights and Dakota County had se...
Click here for full text