SF 4261
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/10/2026 09:39 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements to the
Gunflint Trail National Scenic Byway and related infrastructure in Cook County;
authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin COOK COUNTY; GUNFLINT TRAIL NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY
IMPROVEMENTS.
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$10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to Cook County to design, engineer,
construct, and reconstruct improvements and betterments of a capital nature in Cook County
along the northwesternmost ten miles of the Gunflint Trail National Scenic Byway,
terminating at Trails End Campground, for:
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(1) resurfacing approximately ten miles of failing roadway beginning 46 miles north of
Grand Marais on the Gunflint Trail at the intersection with United States Forest Service
Road 1347 and ending at the end of the Gunflint Trail at Trails End Campground;
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(2) replacement of up to 16 deteriorated culverts throughout the corridor;
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(3) construction of up to four bridges;
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(4) maintaining and improving reliable emergency access to residents and visitors; and
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(5) other related improvements necessary to preserve reliable access to the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest, and associated recreational areas.
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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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