SF 2832

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/08/2022 10:51am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for noise barriers on marked
Interstate Highway 694.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin MARKED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 694 NOISE BARRIERS.
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new text begin (a) $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of transportation for installation of noise barriers in the following segments
of marked Interstate Highway 694:
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new text begin (1) on the south side from Anoka County State-Aid Highway 1, known as University
Avenue, to 7th Street NE in Fridley;
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new text begin (2) on the north side from Matterhorn Drive NE in Fridley to the prolongation of Black
Oak Drive in New Brighton;
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new text begin (3) on the south side from the existing noise barrier near the western border of New
Brighton to Anoka County State-Aid Highway 44, known as Silver Lake Road; and
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new text begin (4) on the south side from the prolongation of 8th Avenue NW for a distance of
approximately 750 feet to the highway-rail crossing in New Brighton.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner may adjust the locations specified in paragraph (a) as reasonably
necessary to address noise impacts and establish continuous barriers. This is a onetime
appropriation and is available until June 30, 2026.
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