RES 13-40RESOLUTION NO.: 2013 - 4
CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY Y F WRIGHT, MINNESOTA
REQUESTING INCLUSION OF I-94 WEST CORRIDOR EXPANSION
IN THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY INVESTMENT PLAN (MNSHIP)
WHEREAS; the Minnesota Department of Transportation I nD T is in the process of finalizing a new
Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan [ nSHIP that will serve as a guide for investment on the
Minnesota State and Interstate highway system through the year 2033; and
WHEREAS; this new financially constrained plan proposes to focus the majority of future MnD T
highway investment on system preservation, with limited major expansion projects included In the Twin
Cities Region and no major expansion projects included in Greater Minnesota, including the Interstate 94
West corridor; and
WHEREAS; MnDOT has numerous existing and recent plans, including the 1-94 Interregional corridor
P[an (2002), the Central Minnesota Reg Freight Study (2011), and the 2028 Statewide Highway
Investment Plan (2009) that all identify performance based expansion needs for the interstate 94 West
Corridor, and
WHEREAS; the Federal Highway Administration FHWA has Identified the Interstate 94 West Corridor
currently as "highly congested" from the Twin cities to St. Cloud, with high freight congestion levels
forecasted to extend to North Dakota by the year 2040, and
WHEREAS; EAS; the new federal transportation bill, "MAP -21", requires state Departments of Transportation
to address freight bottlenecks such as Interstate 94 using performance based planning and investment
criteria, and
WHEREAS; HE EAS; tine interstate 94 west Corridor from St. Michael to St. Cloud has 40 percent of the
congestion on 11 nD T' "Interregional Corridor" (IRC) system, yet accounts for only 1.6 percent of this
system; and
WHEREAS; crash and severity rates along Interstate 94 between Rogers and Albertville are nearly twice
the statewide average; and
WHEREAS; EAS the Interstate 94 West Corridor is critical to the tourism industry in Minnesota,
accommodating 1.85 million visitor trips annually to the Alexandria and Brainerd Lakes Regions; and
WHEREAS; at the request of Governor Marc Dayton, M D T is embarking on an advocacy campaign
leading Into the 2014 Legislative session to educate Minnesotans about the need for additional funding
to construct zany of the documented unmet State transportation needs.
NOW, THEREFORE, E, BE IT RESOLVED; the City of Otsego does hereby request the Minnesota
Department of Transportation to specifically include the Interstate 94 west corridor from Rogers to St.
Cloud as an unmet performance based need for major capacity expansion in its year 2033 Minnesota
State Highway Investment Plan MnSHIP).
MOTION BY: Heldner
SECOND BY: W rehime
ALL IN FAVOR: Stock amp, Heidner, Warehime, Schroeder
THOSE OPPOSE: Bone
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 8th day of July, 2013.
CITY OF OTSEGO
ATTEST: J& k��� 4
Tami Loff, City Clerk