HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005.01.24 RESO 2005-0003RESOLUTION 2005 — 3
I-35 W/E COALITION RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MAIN STREET
INTERCHANGE AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, Frenchman Road/l45" Street in the City of Hugo, Minnesota is
Washington County State Aid Highway 8 (CSAH 8); and
WHEREAS, upon entering Anoka County CSAH 8 becomes Anoka County State Aid
Highway 14 (CSAR 14/Main Street) providing a direct connection between the cities of Hugo,
Lino Lakes, and Centerville; and
WHEREAS, this minor arterial roadway provides access to the primary residential,
business, commercial, and recreational areas of Hugo, Lino Lakes, and Centerville; and
WHEREAS, the CSAH 14/CSAR 8 corridor has an interchange access to Interstate 35E
(I -35E), a route on the National Highway System (NHS); and
WHEREAS, the CSAH 14/CSAR 8 corridor will be reconstructed from the I -35E
interchange area to Trunk Highway 61 as a four -lane divided highway; and
WHEREAS, CSAH 14 will be reconstructed from I -35E to CSAH 21 as a four -lane
divided highway, and
WHEREAS, the current interchange and bridge are insufficient to meet capacity
demands today, and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the CSAH 14/CSAH 8 corridor reconstruction the
existing bridge will act as a two-lane bottleneck connecting two four -lane divided highways; and
WHEREAS, Washington County, in partnership with Anoka County, the City of Hugo,
and the City of Lino Lakes have programmed the improvement of CSAH 14/CSAH 8 corridor
east of I -35E in their 2005-2009 Capital Improvement Plans; and
WHEREAS, Anoka County, in partnership with the Cities of Lino Lakes and Centerville
has programmed the improvement of CSAH 14 corridor west of I -35E in their 2005-2009 Capital
Improvement Plan; and
WHEREAS, this project is on the I -35E Interregional Corridor, a key roadway defined
by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) as a roadway that ties the state
together by connecting people with jobs, distributors with manufactures, shoppers with retailers;
and tourists with recreational opportunities; and
WHEREAS, this project will protect and enhance Interstate mobility; and
WHEREAS, the I-35 W/E Coalition is comprised of the Cities of Lino Lakes, Hugo, and
Centerville along with Anoka and Washington Counties, Mn/DOT, and the Metropolitan
Council;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE I-35 WE COALITION that; the Anoka
County Interchange Improvements at I -35E and Anoka County State Aid Highway 14 be
authorized as a High Priority Project (HPP) during Re -Authorization of TEA -21, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that funds be authorized for the Federal partnership in this
project.
Whereupon after roll call said resolution was declared passed and adopted this 20 day of
January 2005.
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ATTEST:
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Mary reager, City Clerk/'