1997 Minnesota Statutes

     161.173 Submission of corridor proposal. 

    The commissioner shall submit to the governing body of each 
 municipality wherein a trunk highway is proposed to be 
 constructed or improved, and to the governing body of each 
 municipality adjacent to any such municipality, a report 
 containing:  a statement of the need for this proposed 
 construction or improvement, a description of alternate routes 
 which were considered by the commissioner and an explanation of 
 the advantages and disadvantages in the selection of any route 
 considered.  The report shall also contain for each alternate, 
 the following information:  general alignment and profile, 
 approximate points of access, highway classification, an 
 approximate cost estimate, relation to existing and planned 
 regional and local development and to other transportation 
 routes and facilities, and a statement of the expected general 
 effect on present and future use of the property within the 
 corridor.  Where a state trunk highway is proposed to be 
 constructed or improved within the metropolitan area, a copy of 
 the report shall also be submitted to the metropolitan council.  
 In all areas of the state a copy of the report shall be sent to 
 established regional, county and municipal planning commissions 
 in the area affected by the highway project.  Not less than 45 
 nor more than 90 days, or as otherwise mutually agreed, after 
 the report has been submitted, the commissioner shall hold a 
 public hearing on the proposed highway construction or 
 improvement at such time and place within any municipality 
 wherein a portion of the proposed construction or improvement is 
 located, as the commissioner shall determine.  Not less than 30 
 days before the hearing the commissioner shall mail notice 
 thereof to the governing body of each municipality or agency 
 entitled to receive a copy of the report, and shall cause notice 
 of the hearing to be published at least once each week for two 
 successive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers having general 
 circulation in such municipalities, the second publication to be 
 not less than five days before the date of the hearing.  The 
 notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the 
 hearing, shall describe the proposed or actual general location 
 of the highway to be constructed or improved, and shall state 
 where the report may be inspected prior to the hearing by any 
 interested person.  The hearing shall be conducted by the 
 commissioner or the commissioner's designee, and shall be 
 transcribed and a record thereof mailed to each municipality or 
 agency entitled to receive a copy of the report.  All interested 
 persons shall be permitted to present their views on the 
 proposed highway construction or improvement.  The hearing may 
 be continued as often as necessary.  Within 120 days after the 
 hearing is completed, the governing body of each municipality or 
 agency entitled to receive a copy of the report shall submit to 
 the commissioner its approval or disapproval of the report.  If 
 all or any part of the report is disapproved, the municipality 
 or agency shall state the reasons for such disapproval and 
 suggested changes in the report.  The commissioner shall, before 
 preparing additional plans for the proposed highway construction 
 or improvement, submit to the governing body of each 
 municipality or agency disapproving the report, a statement 
 accepting or rejecting any suggested changes and the reasons for 
 acceptance or rejection. 

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 3; 1980 c 509 s 52; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 52; 
 1986 c 444; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 10