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<br /> <br />e <br /> <br />NORTH METRO 1-35W CORRIDOR COALITION <br /> <br />8525 Edinbrook Crossing, Suite #5 <br />Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 <br /> <br />LEGISLATION REQUEST <br /> <br />REQUEST: The North 1-35W communities are requesting that the legislature <br />appropriate $500,000 to be used for the development and evaluation of alternative <br />concepts for the reconstruction of 1-35W north of 1-694 in Arden Hills, Mounds View <br />and New Brighton. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The 1-35W communities have been working with the Metropolitan <br />Council and Mn/DOT to identify infrastructure investments needed to accommodate <br />growth and redevelopment projects in the corridor. Work to date has identified <br />inadequacies in the regional transportation network that must be addressed to balance <br />area mobility with needs for local access. Additional work is needed to identify the <br />appropriate solutions to the identified problems. The requested funds will be used to <br />identify roadway design options, evaluate the operational characteristics of selected . <br />alternatives and to provide for community involvement in the planning process. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS: 1-694 is part of the metropolitan area 'beltway' that is in <br />Mn/DOT's priority plan for improvement to at least 6 lanes. Reconstruction of the <br />Snelling Avenue Interchange at the southerly limits of this project area was recently <br />delayed to after 2014 due to the lack of funding. Reconstruction of the 1-694/1-35W <br />interchange, the second busiest in the metro area, is not scheduled until after the <br />Snelling project. Mn/DOT is working on the design of these projects, including a limited <br />portion of 1-35W. These schedule dates will accelerate if the legislature provides new <br />transportation funding during the 2005 Session. Both 1-35W and TH 10 are Inter <br />Regional Corridor routes that merge together in the proposed study area that includes <br />three major redevelopment projects. <br /> <br />In addition to the rapidly growing Blaine and outer ring suburbs, Arden Hills, Mounds <br />View and New Brighton are working on projects that will return contaminated lands to <br />the tax rolls, providing new homes and jobs in the process. These projects include: <br /> <br />ARDEN HillS: Redevelopment of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCMP). <br />Where currently there are worn out munitions manufacturing facilities and <br />contaminated lands, the City envisions: <br /> <br />. 2200 new homes <br /> <br />. 3.2 Million Square Feet of comrnercial, retail and office space <br /> <br />. $875 Million in tax base compared to current taxable value of $0. . <br /> <br />C:\DOCU:\lENTS AND SETTINGS\SCHA WN.JOJINSON\LOCAI. SETTINGS\TEMPORARY <br />I~TERNET FILES\OLK8S\LEG.REQUEST SUPPORT.DOC <br />