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<br /> establish an account with the , Proposed torr:Vwipbig about 90R
<br /> • Five toil road projects—four toll•road operator. Each tithe a'' ' ".• • . What comes next
<br /> in the Twin Cities area end one car entered the toll road, the .. Duluth to NMtntii0g Truck Tel Bestway !'t°""'ndlfeb.199tx Cornmunitr irywl on oreoosals • •
<br /> stretching nearly 400 miles be- . transponder would trip an over- 0 lose ARNoximetay41323 billion p May 199&Transportation commissioner selects droiacts to be
<br /> tween Duluth and Winnipeg— head receiver,and the motorist's.' • •... Aopo�d tdh 1.Z es{as leer ten per.mi . >Octa1996•Nou 199ec CommunIess approve or veto projects,
<br /> were proposed Wednesday by account would be billed. . • '.' ' 'It year UR'. •
<br /> three private groups responding •, • But even if the hi '-tech toll •
<br /> to a state plea for help in Roane- •collection methods alkwed traffic• r,. • -- _
<br /> ing road improvements. • • to flow freely, toil roads•would'•Y One, 'Managed by Intervista .Transportation Group, Is led by pletlon of Hwy.610 through
<br /> With tolls ranging from 25 mean that drivers would•have pay Management,Group'from Pltoe- Hughes Aircraft Co.and includes northern suburbs.
<br /> cents to 51.85 per trip,the ques-• •to use highways that.now are . nix,has•teamed up:With the 212'1 road•builder C.S.McCrossan,the to, A third group,led by Trans
<br /> tion now is whether the public; free.And there would be•no easy '.Community HighweyAssociatlon.• 'city of Maple Grove and several talion Industries internation
<br /> will accept them, detours around the metropolitan• on a reconetrtictioh,of Hwy.212. Twin Cities financial firms'in- Washington,D.C.,is proposir
<br /> The roads would not be dotted area toll projects. .•• •. Membership..of•the'community 'eluding Norwest Investment Ser- build a Duluth:to-Winnipeg t
<br /> with toll booths. Rather. fees. • .The proposals, which would,,highway association Includes the vices Inc.and Mliter.aud'Selt'roe- toll highway.
<br /> would be collected via new tech- provide about$2 WWon worth of,.. mayors,of•.Chaska'and Chan.•• der Financial. This group pro-
<br /> , nology,Motdrisca would have to road improvements, ware made','.hassen:' r'' ' ,•.;(p. •. • ••• poses two expansion projects on •
<br /> equip their cars with radio nun-. by three private groups: ' n' A second. • the ?Minnesota Interstate Hwy.494 and the cora- Turn to TOLL ROADS on A
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<br /> TOLL ROADS from Al • would receive the tolls paid by showcase its toll technology here, T
<br /> motorists.Based on toil roads in state officials said.
<br /> New technology not booths t • other staff,the projttcts typically • 'These are the road Improve- I
<br /> > > provide a return on investment of ments proposed to be financed
<br /> • between 17 and 23 percent, ac- with tails:
<br /> would be used to collect.tolls cording to Robert Zauner of
<br /> Hughes'Transportation Manage- > A new Hwy. 212 through ilex A
<br /> The three groups have until with a state law enacted earlier ment Systems.Minneapolis. southwestern suburbs..
<br /> Feb. 29 to win community sup- this year which requires transpor• Complete details ofeach pro. > A widening of 1.494 In the t
<br /> port for their projects before elle tenon officials to consider alter- poses were unavailable Wednes- southwestern suburbs, plus the
<br /> Transportation Department will native financing for all projects. day,but some public money also construction of a carpool-btu I
<br /> give them serious consideration. .costing more.than$10 million. would he involved in each proj- lane.
<br /> Because state law gives city . Highways traditionally have act.The greater the public invest- > The compaction of the north-
<br /> councils veto power over to been built with state taxes on meat,the lower the toils,Zauner ern crosstown along IIwy. 610
<br /> projects,an early municipal veto gasoline and new motor vehicles, said. through the northern metro cum- �
<br /> Is likely to knock the proposal out Along with federal assistance.But Zauner said his group believes' mashies.including a new bridge i
<br /> of consideration, said Adel 1arl, these funding sources are not It will find public support for its over the Mississippi River.
<br /> the department's director of al- keeping tip with the demand for proposals or It would not have > A new Wakota Bridge across
<br /> tentative financing i.,• road Improvements and now the Invested the money necessary to the Mississippi River on 1-494 in i
<br /> However,even if there is initial department says there are more make them. the auburba southwest of St.Paul.
<br /> community support for the poll- than $5 billion worth of road Zauner said he sees the toll a• Toll truck lanes in northern r
<br /> ewe and the department selects projects across the slate that lack projects as a business opportuttl• Minnesota along Hwy. 2 from
<br /> several for serious contract nego- funding, ty because government invest- Duluth.to Crookston and a new
<br /> (lotions, the communities will Transportation officials began mont in roads is shrinking while truck highway north of Crookston j
<br /> have a final 30.day period be- exploring privately financed toll tits need fur better highways.Is to Winnipeg.
<br /> tween October and November • roads as a way toilet more money growing. In addition, Hughes
<br /> 1996 during,which they could for road construction. makes one model of the radio '
<br /> veto the projects before contracts As envisioned, private firms transponders that would he used
<br /> are signed. . would contribute some equity for electronic toll collection,and
<br /> The department called for toll and also would burrow mom?,to acceptance of their projects '
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