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"CELEBRATE PRIOR LAKE'S CENTENNIAL - 1991"
RESOLUTION 91-16
RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR
I-35W
MOTIONED BY
WHITE
SECONDED BY
FITZGERALD
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan
Council and Federal Highway Administration (parties)
have been preparing an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
(EIS) for 1-35W from 1-94 south for several years; and
WHEREAS, said EIS has been delayed and the schedule revised; and
WHEREAS, one cause of said delays has been the inclusion of an
alternative known as the NTN Alternative being proposed
by a Minneapolis neighborhood group; and
WHEREAS,
after study this alternative was found
safety requirements, not be buildable in
roadway standards and was replaced
alternative which incorporated several
aspects of the NTN Alternative; and
to not meet
accordance with
with another
of the major
WHEREAS, Hennepin County and the City
recently requested that the NTN
into the EIS; and
WHEREAS, such reinclusion would likely cause further delay,
additional costs and potentially a decision that would
result in the construction of an unsafe roadway which
would provide less capacity than the current facility,
and
of Minneapolis
proposal be put
have
back
WHEREAS, such delays may also result in the interim third lane
project from I-494 south to the Minnesota River not
being able to be undertaken in 1993 as programmed; and
WHEREAS, MnDOT funding decisions have now removed
manpower or consultant funds to do the
interim project; and
WHEREAS, the timely and appropriate improvement of I-35W is very
important to the well being of the community and to the
safety of users of the facility.
the
design
necessary
of said
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA, that the parties are requested to maintain
their position that the NTN alternative is not an implementable
alternative; and
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