08-08 Resolution No. 12115RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR BONDING FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA TO RECONSTRUCT NICOLLET AVENUE
WHEREAS, Nicollet Avenue (CSAH 52) will be reconstructed and modernized
between 77th Street and 66th Street within the City of Richfield, providing the opportunity
to include enhanced pedestrian facilities, the potential for improved transit stops, safer
vehicle movements, and a dedicated bicycle facility along the entire length of the
corridor.
WHEREAS, Nicollet Avenue is a key regional corridor used to access 3 schools,
2 churches, 2 city parks, a library, the Richfield Community Center, and 6 retail hubs;
and
WHEREAS, Nicollet Avenue is used by over 10,000 people per day via personal
vehicles, Metro Transit busses, and walking, biking and rolling; and
WHEREAS, the roadway was last fully reconstructed in 1961 with a pavement
width intended to accommodate traffic from a new interchange with I-494 that will be
removed by MnDOT in 2026; and
WHEREAS, pavement rehabilitation efforts are no longer cost effective due to
the age of the underlying roadway; and
WHEREAS, public utilities underneath the roadway have reached the end of their
useful life without major rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, 226 vehicle crashes occurred on the Nicollet Avenue corridor from
2018-2022, which accounted for 12% of the city’s total non -freeway or freeway ramp
vehicle crashes during that period; and
WHEREAS, the Nicollet Avenue corridor was the location of 8% of the city’s
vehicle crashes with a pedestrian or bicyclist, 16% of the city’s minor or possible injury
vehicle crashes, 19% of the city’s serious injury vehicle crashes, and 50% of the city’s
fatal vehicle crashes from 2018-2022 on non-freeway or freeway ramp facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Richfield, Minnesota that it supports seeking state bonding funds to reconstruct Nicollet
Avenue.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 8th day of August,
2023.
Mary Supple, Mayor
ATTEST:
Dustin Leslie, City Clerk
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