SF 276

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/17/2015 08:30am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; highways; requiring a noise barrier on a segment of
marked U.S. Highway 10 and marked Interstate Highway 35W in Mounds View;
appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. NOISE WALL; MARKED U.S. HIGHWAY 10 AND MARKED
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35W.

(a) By November 1, 2017, the commissioner of transportation shall establish a
noise barrier on the south side of marked U.S. Highway 10 from the terminus of the
existing barrier near Ardan Park in the city of Mounds View, extending easterly along the
southbound entrance to marked Interstate Highway 35W, and continuing southerly along
the west side of marked Interstate Highway 35W to a point at the overpass at Ramsey
County State-Aid Highway 3, also known as County Road I.

(b) The commissioner may retain any current noise barriers on the segment
identified in paragraph (a), but must replace walls in the highway right-of-way that do
not reasonably provide a barrier to noise.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.

$3,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 from the trunk highway fund to the
commissioner of transportation for planning, design, and construction of the noise barrier
described in section 1. The commissioner of management and budget shall cancel this
appropriation by June 30, 2016, if other funds have been secured for construction of the
noise barrier.