City Council Resolution 2013-55CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-055
REQUESTING INCLUSION OF I -94 WEST CORRIDOR EXPANSION
IN THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY INVESTMENT PLAN (MNSHIP)
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is in the process of
finalizing a new Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan (MnSHIP) that will serve as a guide
for investment on the Minnesota State and Interstate highway system through the year 2033; and
WHEREAS, this new financially constrained plan proposes to focus the majority of future
MnDOT highway investment on system preservation, with limited major expansion projects
included in the Twin Cities Region and no major expansion projects included in Greater
Minnesota, including the Interstate 94 West Corridor; and
WHEREAS, MnDOT has numerous existing and recent plans, including the I -94 Interregional
Corridor Plan (2002), the Central Minnesota Regional Freight Study (2011), and the 2028
Statewide Highway Investment Plan (2009) that all identify performance -based expansion needs
for the Interstate 94 West Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has identified the Interstate 94 West
Corridor currently as "highly congested" from the Twin Cities to St. Cloud, with high freight
congestion levels forecasted to extend to North Dakota by the year 2040; and
WHEREAS, the new federal transportation bill, "MAP -21," requires State Departments of
Transportation to address freight bottlenecks such as Interstate 94 using performance -based
planning and investment criteria; and
WHEREAS, the Interstate 94 West Corridor from St. Michael to St. Cloud has 40 percent of the
congestion on MnDOT's "Interregional Corridor" (IRC) system, yet accounts for only 1.6
percent of this system; and
WHEREAS, crash and severity rates along Interstate 94 between Rogers and Albertville are
nearly twice the statewide average; and
WHEREAS, the Interstate 94 West Corridor is critical to the tourism industry in Minnesota,
accommodating 1.85 million visitor trips annually to the Alexandria and Brainerd Lakes
Regions; and
WHEREAS, at the request of Governor Mark Dayton, MnDOT is embarking on an advocacy
campaign leading into the 2014 Legislative session to educate Minnesotans about the need for
additional funding to construct many of the documented unmet state transportation needs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Monticello does hereby request the
Minnesota Department of Transportation to specifically include the Interstate 94 West Corridor
from Rogers to St. Cloud as an unmet performance -based need for major capacity expansion in
its year 2033 Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan (MnSHIP).
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 8th day of July, 2013.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
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Clint erbst, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeff , City Administrator
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