HANDOUT #1 04-18-2005
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Minnesota Department of Transportation
Transportation Building
395 John Ireland Boulevard
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155-1899
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April 12, 2005
The Honorable Stephanie Klinzing
Elk River City Mayor
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, MN 55330
RE: State Highway 169 Environmental and Geometric Study
City of Elk River
Dear Mayor Klinzing:
Thank you for your letter concerning funding for the study of State Highway
(Hwy)169 in the Elk River area. I apologize for the delay in responding to your
letter. As you are probably aware, funding for highway projects is in short supply
and competition for those limited dollars is fierce. However, I do have good news to
report. Funding for the study of Hwy. 169 between Elk River and Princeton has
been identified, beginning in fiscal year 2006, which begins July 1, 2005.
Representatives from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT)
District 3 will be contacting the cities and county in the very near future to get things
rolling. The selection of a consultant will begin in July of this year. The District 3
contact person will be Craig Robinson, Project Development Engineer, and he can
be reached at 320-654-5539.
Mn/DOT is looking forward to working with the communities along this important
corridor to identify and address our long-term transportation needs. Again, I
apologize for the delay in responding as we were addressing our funding priorities.
Sincerely,
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Carol Molnau
Lt. GovernorlCommissioner
cc: Bob Winter, Mn/DOT, Director of District Operations
Bob Busch, MnlDOT, District 3 Transportation Engineer
Jim Povich, Mn/DOT, Assistant District 3 Engineer, Program Delivery
Craig Robinson, Mn/DOT, Project Development Engineer
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