DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Encroachment Agreement With Northern States Power Company For County State Aid Highway 33 And 140th Street/Connemara Trail Roundabout Improvement, County Project 33-15
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize an encroachment agreement with Northern States Power Company (NSP) for the encroachment of private utilities on County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 33 for County Project (CP) 33-15 in the cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient transportation system, Dakota County and the Cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount are proceeding with CP 33-15, which includes the construction of a single-lane roundabout at CSAH 33 (Diamond Path) and 140th Street/Connemara Trail, restriping 140th Street as a three-lane roadway from CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) to CSAH 33, pavement preservation work on CSAH 33 from CSAH 42 (150th Street) to 140th Street/Connemara Trail, and restriping CSAH 33 from 145th Street to 140th Street/Connemara Trail as a two-lane roadway with turn lanes (see Attachment: Location Map). Dakota County is the lead agency, with construction planned for the summer of 2023.
Northern States Power Company owns an electrical transmission line and poles within their 33- to 50-foot-wide easement that runs north-south along the east side of CSAH 33. Portions of the CSAH 33 and 140th Street/Connemara Trail roundabout will be constructed within NSP's existing transmission line easement (see Attachment: Transmission Line Crossing). Since the easement is owned by NSP, an encroachment agreement is required for the roundabout improvements. Relocation or adjustment of the transmission line or poles is not required with the project.
Encroachment Agreement:
The basic terms of the proposed encroachment agreement with NSP for CP 33-15 include:
* Approve the encroachment of improvements on CP 33-15 within the existing NSP easement.
* Approve the cons...
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