Requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) in cooperation with the trunk highway 55 joint powers board to establish a corridor protection demonstration project along the corridor of the highway between I-494 in Hennepin county and the city of Annandale in Wright county to develop a transferable process for trunk highway corridor coalitions to use in protecting corridors for future capacity needs; requiring the commissioner to participate as a nonvoting member of and to provide technical advice to the joint powers board relating to developing a corridor protection plan and official maps and a grant to hire a consultant to conduct certain activities; requiring a commissioner report to the legislature by a certain date on the results of the demonstration project, specifying certain report content requirements; appropriating money to the commissioner for the grant and specifying certain appropriation availability conditions (ra)