Bill > SF179

This bill prohibits the Minnesota Commissioner of Transportation from reducing, closing, or removing travel lanes on Interstate Highway 94 between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and bars the commissioner from studying, proposing, or implementing a boulevard or land bridge design for this stretch of highway. The bill specifically prevents the commissioner from using state funds to analyze or promote alternative highway designs that would reduce the number of vehicular travel lanes. However, the prohibition does not apply to temporary lane reductions or closures that are necessary for routine maintenance, resurfacing, reconstruction, or emergency road repairs. The bill would take effect immediately after it is signed into law, effectively blocking any potential plans to modify the current highway configuration by reducing lanes or converting the interstate to a boulevard or land bridge design.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0179&ssn=0&y=2025