02-26-2019 Work Session Agenda (2)S P E C IAL C IT Y C O U N C IL W O R K S E S S IO N
R IC H F IE L D MU N IC IPAL C E N TE R, B AR TH O LO ME W R O O M
F E B R U ARY 26, 2019
6:00 P M
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1.History of the construction and planning along the I-494 C orridor
A djournment
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CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA
Office of City Manager
February 21,2019
Council Memorandum No.10
The Honorable Mayor
and
Members of the City Council
Subject:February 26, 2019,City Council Work Session
Council Members:
At the February 26, 2019,City Council work session, staff will provide an informational
presentation (attached) on the history of the I-494 Corridor. The session will be an open
discussion, allowing the Council to ask questions. Staff will not be asking for direction
on the project at this time.
Regarding the proposed access consolidation at Nicollet Avenue, staff is in the process
of obtaining consultant proposals for a market study to determine what the expected
business impacts will be. MnDOT has indicated they will cover the costs of the study.
Please contact Kristin Asher, Public Works Director, at 612 -861-9795 with questions.
Respectfully submitted,
Katie Rodriguez
City Manager
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Email:Department Directors
February 26, 2019
I-494 Planning & Project History
How did we get here?
1947
•Lyndale grade
separated w/
Highway 100
•No I-494 or I-35(W)
1956
•I-35 Highway
Interchange
1960
•I-494 Construction
Build it and they will come…
1960
•I-494 Construction
Build it and they will come…
1960
•I-494 Construction
Build it and they will come…
1960
•I-494 Construction
Build it and they will come…
1962
1970s
•I-494 Strip
Development
1970s
•I-494 Strip
Development
1970s
•I-494 Strip
Development
1970s
•I-494 Strip
Development
1982
1980s
•I-494 Loop Completion (1985)
•Traffic Increases
1980s
•I-494 Loop Completion
•Traffic Increases
Planning Begins
•1987 – I-494 Corridor Study, Metropolitan Council
•1989 – I-494 Reconstruction Scoping Document
and Draft Scoping Decision Document, MnDOT
•1990 – I-494 Reconstruction Scoping Decision
Document, MnDOT
•Interchange
Improvements
•Access Removal
•Arterial Parallel
Routes
•Cities of Richfield
and Bloomington
Heavily Involved
•“Crawford Letter”
Study Recommendations
Existing Interchange Spacing
Local Planning
•1997 Richfield Comprehensive Plan (Sect 6.1):
–“Completion of 77th Street will allow MnDOT to close
two interchanges on I-494 at 12th Avenue and Nicollet
Avenue to improve the safety and capacity of the
freeway.”
•2001 Bloomington Land Use Guide Plan
–Land Use Guide Map in the approved plan showed
freeway access removed at Nicollet and 12th Avenues
and consolidated at Portland Avenue.
•Completed in 2001
•More in-depth study of the
corridor and proposed
layouts.
•Incorporated new
construction and changes
completed in the 1990s.
•Guiding document for Penn
Avenue and Lyndale Avenue
Bridge Reconstruction.
•Big Proposals, Big Price Tags
Local Planning
•2005 Richfield I-494 Corridor Planning Study
–Access consolidation accounted for in Preferred Concept
Plan
•2008 Richfield Comp Plan
–Goals refer to improving capacity of I-494 and
“improvements” to interchanges along the corridor.
2014 Vision Layout
Current Study
•2018 Corridors of Commerce awarded $134 million to introduce MnPASS
lanes from EB France Ave. to Hwy 77 and from WB Hwy 77 to I-35W.
•Additional $70 million was awarded to construct a directional ramp for
NB I-35W to WB I-494 traffic (Phase 1 Interchange).
•Current stage of the project involves looking at the entire freeway from
the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Hwy 169 to determine
the size of the project and begin the environmental review process.
•Project goals:
–Provide a transit advantage on I-494
–Improve the reliability of the average rush-hour trip
–Improve safety
–Restore pavement to preserve infrastructure and provide a smoother ride
–Improve drainage systems to reduce localized flooding and
reduce run-off into the Minnesota River
–Preserve infrastructure
THANK YOU!
Questions?