1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for a bikeway from downtown 
1.3 	Savage to the Mississippi River Swing Bridge.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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