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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6D STAFF ORIGINATOR: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director MEETING DATE: October 10, 2016 TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 16-80, Approving Municipal Consent, I- 35W North Corridor Improvements VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 INTRODUCTION Council is to consider approving municipal consent for the Interstate 35W North Corridor improvement project. BACKGROUND The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) is currently completing preliminary design of the 35W North Corridor Project. The proposed project will add a lane in each direction from Highway 36 to Lexington Avenue in Blaine. The lanes will be managed under the MnPass program. Eight (8) additions spot improvements along the corridor are also being recommended as part of the project. Construction is anticipated to start in 2019. Project Purpose MnDOT has identified a number of factors justifying the need for the I-35W North Corridor Project. These factors include pavement conditions, mobility, travel time reliability, and transit and carpool advantages. Improvements Within Lino Lakes While the added lane only extends to Lexington Avenue the project will involve some resurfacing work past Sunset Avenue and into Lino Lakes. As a result, a noise wall is being proposed for the south side of the interstate within Lino. Work within Lino Lakes includes repaving approximately 400 feet of the existing northbound and southbound main lines east of Sunset Avenue and construction of approximately 1,600 feet of noise wall on the south side of the interstate. There are no City costs and no City maintenance responsibilities proposed with the project.