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October 14,2013
Dear MOOT Corridors of Commerce Project Selection Team:
The City Comicil of the City Otsego requests yom, support for Corridors of Commerce Program ffinding
for a capacity eximnsion project on 1-94 beginning in Rogers at Highway 101 going west to Highway 241
to eliminate congestion and improve the safety of this heavily traveled section of inLerstate. Otsego is
also a member of the 1-94 West Corridor Coalition and strongly supports the work the Coalition is doing
to seCUre funding for this project,
As you know, the 1-94 expansion project is important not only to the communities and residents along the
1-94 corridorproject area, but to the entire State of Minnesota. This section of 1-94 is a heavily traveled
commuter, tourism, fitelght, and commerce corridor that impacts businesses and Minnesota residents fax
beyond the vicinity of the expansion project.
Further, the section of Interstate 94 from Rogers to Highway 23 In St, Cloud represents only 1.6 percent
of MOOT's Interregional Corridor System yet accounts for 40 percent of the system's congestion, Not
only Is it the most congested stretch of interstate In Minnesota, the crash rate and severity of crashes are
double that of the state average.
Finally, an inveshnent in this project through the Corridors of Commerce Program will aid in economic
development, reduce costs for bushiesses using the corridor, and improve the lives of the traveling
public; it is a wise investment that brings vast benefit to many people and business,
Sincerely,
Otsego City Council
Jessica Stockamp, Mayor
Doug Schroeder
,rom Dar kenwald
Jason 'Warehime
Vern Heidner