DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Submit 2026 Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD Formerly RAISE) Application For Interchange Improvements At County State Aid Highway 50 and Interstate 35 In Lakeville, County Project 50-033
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize staff to submit County Project (CP) 50-33, Dakota County Mobility and Safety Improvements: Interstate 35 and County State Aid Highway 50/5 Interchange and Bridge Reconstruction project in the City of Lakeville to the 2026 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grant program.
SUMMARY
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact. The BUILD program, previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants, provide funding for surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve safety, environmental sustainability, quality of life, mobility and community connectivity, economic competitiveness and opportunity, state of good repair, partnership and collaboration, and innovation. Staff is proposing to submit CP 50-33 as a County-led application in the urban capital project category to the BUILD grant program. For fiscal year 2026, the BUILD program has $1,500,000,000 available for funding across the nation.
County Project 50-33 includes the reconstruction of the bridges and the interchange at Interstate 35 and CSAH 50 to replace the existing deficient interchange and accommodate strategic capacity needs on I-35. The current interchange concept would increase the capacity of CSAH 50 between 172nd Street and the I-35 South ramps to meet current and future traffic projections. The proposed reconstru...
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