1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring a congestion and safety improvement study at 
1.3 	a location on marked Trunk Highway 65 in Blaine; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TRUNK HIGHWAY 65 IMPROVEMENT STUDY; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of transportation to study congestion and safety improvements on marked 
1.8 	Trunk Highway 65 from northerly of Anoka County Highway 10 to Anoka County State-Aid 
1.9 	Highway 116, known as Bunker Lake Boulevard, in Blaine and Ham Lake. At a minimum, 
1.10 	the study must (1) analyze current and projected traffic congestion; (2) analyze impacts to 
1.11 	freight transportation; (3) evaluate options and identify cost estimates to reduce congestion 
1.12 	in the corridor; and (4) evaluate options and identify cost estimates for congestion reduction 
1.13 	and safety improvements at Anoka County State-Aid Highway 12, known as 109th Avenue. 
1.14 	The commissioner must submit a copy of the study to the chairs and ranking minority 
1.15 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and 
1.16 	finance.
1.17 	(b) Any amount remaining from this appropriation exceeding the amount expended for 
1.18 	the study is available for design, environmental analysis, property acquisition, and 
1.19 	construction on a project resulting from the study. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
1.20 	section 16A.28, this appropriation is available for five years after the year of appropriation.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.