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HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-27 RESOLUTION 92-27 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INTERIM THIRD LANE PROJECT FOR I-35W MOTIONED BY KEDROWSKI SECONDED BY SCOTT WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Council, and the Federal Highway Administration have been preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for I-35W South for several years; and WHEREAS, MN/DOT has programmed construction of an interim third lane on I-35W between 1-494 and Trunk Highway 13 in 1993 and 1994; and WHEREAS, this interim third lane will temporarily relieve the intolerable delays which occur daily to 35W users; and WHEREAS, additional capacity would have to be added to meet the demands expected to occur by the year 2010; and WHEREAS, a group of citizens and elected officials from South Minneapolis have prepared an additional Report entitled "I-35W Change Plan: Economic Solution", which proposes only the addition of Light Rail Transit (LRT) to the 35W corridor; and WHEREAS, this Report is woefully incomplete, provides no relief for the most congested portions of the freeway, and does not even begin to meet demand. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA, urges Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner James Denn to continue the ~lan to construct a third lane on 35W in 1993 and to avoid any addltional delays. Passed and adopted this 8th YES day of September, 1992. NO Andren Fitzgerald Kedrowski Scott White x --X X- --X --X Andren Fitzgerald Kedrowski Scott White Lake {Seal} 4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPlDYER