1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring an access and safety study of marked U.S. 
1.3 	Highway 10 in St. Cloud; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. IMPROVED ACCESS AND SAFETY STUDY; MARKED U.S. HIGHWAY 
1.6 	10 IN ST. CLOUD.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of transportation must study options to improve access to and 
1.8 	safety on marked U.S. Highway 10 from 45th Avenue SE to 32nd Street SE in St. Cloud. 
1.9 	At a minimum, the study must:
1.10 	(1) evaluate options and costs for improving access and safety, including increasing or 
1.11 	improving the lighting at intersections, installation of traffic-control signals at intersections, 
1.12 	increasing the number or length of bypass lanes, increasing the number or length of 
1.13 	acceleration and deceleration lanes, and J-turns or other methods of reduced conflict 
1.14 	intersections; and
1.15 	(2) provide specific recommendations on how to best reduce high-speed collisions and 
1.16 	create improved access for slower moving vehicles entering marked U.S. Highway 10 and 
1.17 	cost estimates for each recommended improvement.
1.18 	(b) By January 31, 2022, the commissioner must transmit a copy of the study to the 
1.19 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
1.20 	transportation policy finance.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.2 	(a) $400,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the 
2.3 	commissioner of transportation for the purposes of the study required by section 1.
2.4 	(b) $600,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the 
2.5 	commissioner of transportation for a grant to the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization to 
2.6 	be used for projects in the transportation improvement program or the Regional Infrastructure 
2.7 	Investment Plan.