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HPDP/Scoping/Subject Guidance Minnesota Department of Transportation <br /> iConsent <br /> MunicpaI <br /> Contact <br /> Steve Ryan, P. E. steve.rvan@dot.state.mn.us <br /> Project and Process Guidance Engineer <br /> Office of Technical Support <br /> 395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 676 <br /> St. Paul, MN 55155 <br /> (651) 366-4675 <br /> Forms <br /> For a generic layout-approval resolution for use by a municipality, see Sample Resolution in the <br /> Appendix. <br /> Threshold Criteria <br /> Municipal consent should only be requested from a city if it is required. <br /> When Required <br /> Municipal approval is required for any trunk highway project that results in any of the <br /> following within a municipality: <br /> • Alters access, <br /> • Increases or reduces traffic capacity, or <br /> • Requires acquisition of permanent right-of-way. <br /> • (Changing capacity means adding or reducing the number of through lanes. For <br /> example, adding auxiliary lanes is not a change in capacity). <br /> Exceptions <br /> Municipal consent is NOT required (regardless of impacts to access, capacity, or R/W)for <br /> projects needed for any of the following: <br /> • Regulate traffic, or <br /> • Install traffic control devices, or <br /> • Other safety measures <br /> • The term "other safety measures" refers to traffic safety measures. For example, <br /> the addition of a turn lane is a traffic safety measure; the replacement of a <br /> structurally-deficient or fracture-critical bridge is not. <br /> 1 of 5 <br />