1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for railway and highway safety 
1.3 	improvements for pedestrian and bicycle trails in Dakota County along the Veterans 
1.4 	Memorial Greenway.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. VETERANS MEMORIAL GREENWAY APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$10,700,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Metropolitan 
1.8 	Council for a grant to Dakota County for right-of-way acquisition and for design, engineering, 
1.9 	and construction of pedestrian safety-related improvements, including grade-separated 
1.10 	crossings of railroads and multilane highways in Dakota County, for a new trail connection 
1.11 	between Lebanon Hills Regional Park and the Mississippi River.

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