DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Agreement With Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy For Engineering Of Relocation Of Utilities Along Future CSAH 32, CP 32-65, In City Of Inver Grove Heights
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of agreement with Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy (Xcel) for reimbursement of preliminary engineering and design of transmission line relocation along future County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 32 (117th Street), County Project (CP) 32-65 in City of Inver Grove Heights (City).
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 County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 71 (Rich Valley Boulevard) to the Trunk Highway (TH) 52/117th Street Interchange in the City of Inver Grove Heights. 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. An additional 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 and provide an east-west corridor for all users with a focus on freight improvements see (Attachment: Project Location).
The preferred alternative consists of 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).
Xcel currently has transmission lines and poles located within its o...
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