DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Submit An Application For Grant Funds For 2025 Transportation Economic Development Opportunity For The County State Aid Highway 46 Improvement Project, County Project 99-013
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize staff to submit a project to the Minnesota Department of Transportation 2025 Transportation Economic Development (TED) Program.
SUMMARY
The Minnesota State Legislature established within Minn, Stat, ?174.12, subd. 1 the TED Program, a competitive grant program that provides funds to construct projects on state highways that provide measurable economic benefits. The economic benefits may be local, regional, or statewide in geographic scale. For this application cycle, the TED grant has $20 million available for funding across the state and can be used to fund up to 70 percent of total transportation project infrastructure costs. Staff is proposing to submit a project to the TED grant that will modify the ramp intersections of the US Highway 52 and County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 46 to accommodate expanding commercial development in the surrounding area.
County State Aid Highway 46 improvement project limits are from Trunk Highway 3 to east of Trunk Highway 52 in Rosemount, Empire and Coates, County Project (CP) 99-013. The project includes the addition of two roundabouts at the Highway 52 ramp intersections and enhancements along the CSAH 46 approach roadway, estimated to be $5.5 million (Attachment: Project Location Map). The TED funding grant request would be for $3.85 million. Applications are due September 29, 2025. CP 99-013 is currently in the Transportation's 2025-2029 Capital Improvement Program.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends the submittal of improvements to the intersections of the CSAH 46 improvement project to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the TED grant program in the amount of $3.85 million with additional TED grant pro...
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