On Monday, the Senate unanimously passed $315 million in federal funds to improve infrastructure (SF 24/HF 26). The bill would appropriate money from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Senator Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL-Minnetonka), in collaboration with the city of South Saint Paul, Minnesota chapter of the American Public Works (APWA), and Raise our Grade MN will be hosting an “Infrastructure Walk” of the Concord Street Improvements Project construction site on Wednesday, June 9, from 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
“This transportation budget remains full of shifts and gimmicks from the Senate Republicans even though my colleagues and I tried to amend it into a budget that would benefit the state of Minnesota,” said Senator Scott Dibble (DFL-Minneapolis), DFL Lead of the Transportation Committee. “Transportation is about people accessing opportunities and our economy’s ability to create prosperity. Siphoning general fund resources away from public education, from health care for seniors and the disabled, from property tax relief is irresponsible. Gutting support for transit will profoundly disrupt lives. Unlike other budget areas, transportation has constitutionally dedicated fund streams (that aren’t keeping up) and should be reformed instead of depending on unsustainable shifts.”
Chief Author Senator Nick Frentz is please to announce his legislation to fund the four-lane expansion of Hwy 14 from Nicollet to New Ulm passed both the House and Senate last night and is on its way to the governor’s office.
Chief Author Senator Nick Frentz (DFL-North Mankato) and Co-author Senator Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls) are pleased their bipartisan legislation, S.F. 3878, to finish Highway 14 upgrades and safety improvements passed out of the Senate Transportation Finance and Policy committee today. The proposal would allow for four lanes of travel to be built on Highway 14 from Nicollet to New Ulm.
Senator Greg Clausen wants area residents to plan for major road work around the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport starting in April and going through October 2020.