HF 713

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/23/2023 03:32pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for a bikeway from downtown
Savage to the Mississippi River Swing Bridge.

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

Section 1. new text begin DOWNTOWN SAVAGE TO SWING BRIDGE BIKEWAY;
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the parks and trails fund to the
commissioner of transportation to convert the segment of the Dan Patch rail corridor from
the Mississippi River Swing Bridge to Camp Savage and downtown Savage into a bikeway,
including study, design, engineering, environmental analysis, right-of-way acquisition, and
construction. This appropriation is available for a study to extend the bikeway or trail toward
Burnsville and Orchard Lake. From this appropriation, the commissioner may make one or
more grants to a city or county for the project. This is a onetime appropriation and is available
until June 30, 2026.
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