1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for safety improvements and an 
1.3 	engineering evaluation on a segment of the marked Trunk Highway 47 corridor 
1.4 	in Anoka County, requiring a report.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. UNIVERSITY AVENUE SAFETY ENGINEERING EVALUATION; 
1.7 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	(a) $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the 
1.9 	commissioner of transportation to perform an engineering evaluation and for safety 
1.10 	improvements in the corridor for marked Trunk Highway 47, also known as University 
1.11 	Avenue, from the southern Anoka County border in Columbia Heights to marked U.S. 
1.12 	Highway 10 in Coon Rapids. This is a onetime appropriation and, notwithstanding Minnesota 
1.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, is available until June 30, 2023.
1.14 	(b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), up to $500,000 is for immediate and short-term 
1.15 	safety improvements and related activities targeted to pedestrians and nonmotorized traffic. 
1.16 	Following or in conjunction with the engineering evaluation, the appropriation is available 
1.17 	for design, engineering, environmental analysis, property acquisition, and construction on 
1.18 	one or more projects identified in the evaluation.
1.19 	(c) The engineering evaluation must include:
1.20 	(1) examination of road safety, targeted at improvements and enhancements for 
1.21 	pedestrians and nonmotorized traffic; and
2.1 	(2) analysis of road network impacts for state and local roads in the corridor that are 
2.2 	related to identified safety improvements and enhancements.
2.3 	(d) Following completion of the engineering evaluation, the commissioner must submit 
2.4 	a report to the members and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
2.5 	transportation policy and finance. The report must include a summary of engineering 
2.6 	evaluation results and a review of resulting safety projects.

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