Bill > HF1038

This bill appropriates $15,000,000 from the state's general fund in fiscal year 2025 to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority. The grant is specifically intended to rehabilitate railroad track between the towns of Winthrop and Hanley Falls, and can also be used for environmental documentation, remediation, predesign, design, and bridge or culvert replacement along that route. The funding can serve as matching funds for potential federal grants and is additional to any previous grants or loans the commissioner has made for similar rail projects. The appropriation is a one-time allocation that will remain available until the project is completed or abandoned, and it supplements several previous legislative appropriations for rail infrastructure in the area. The bill becomes effective the day after it is officially enacted, providing immediate support for regional rail infrastructure improvements in this part of Minnesota.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1038&ssn=0&y=2025