HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2007-122 - Support of Funding for Highway 212 - 11/13/2007 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-122
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY 212
WHEREAS Highway 212 is a major US highway serving the southwest portion of the state and
has been in need of expansion for decades; and
WHEREAS forty-one communities and local chambers of commerce have passed resolutions
supporting improvements to Highway 212 to expand the capacity of this highway and the Board
of Commissioners of every county along the corridor has passed such a resolution; and
WHEREAS the current highway poses serious safety problems as it switches from a four lane
facility west of Chaska to a two-lane highway, then switches back to a four lane highway around
Cologne and back to a two-lane highway from Cologne to Norwood Young America and would
be much safer and much better able to handle present and projected traffic flows if it were a
continuous four-lane highway through this area; and
WHEREAS Congress and the State of Minnesota have recognized the need to expand this
critical trade link to the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and have previously provided funding
through the ISTEA Transportation Authorization bill, TEA-21 Authorization bill, the 2002
Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2003 Transportation Appropriations bill, the 2004
Transportation Appropriations bill and SAFETEA-LU; and
WHEREAS the completion of the expanded Highway 212 from Eden Prairie to Chaska will
occur in 2008,bringing additional traffic to the section of highway between Chaska and
Norwood Young America which needs to be improved for safety reasons; and
WHEREAS an appropriation of$1 million for Highway 212 expansions between Chaska and
Norwood Young America was included in the Senate version of the FY2008 Transportation and
HUD Appropriations bill.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Eden Prairie City Council strongly
supports inclusion of funding for efforts to improve and expand US Highway 212 in the FY2008
Transportation and HUD Appropriations bill.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on November 13, 4OP7.
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