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Committee opens municipal-consent hearing for University Avenue NE reconstruction; continues to Oct. 16
Summary
Minneapolis Climate and Infrastructure Committee opened a municipal-consent public hearing for MnDOT’s University Avenue Northeast (Trunk Highway 47) reconstruction — a project that would convert the corridor from four lanes to three and add multimodal safety features — and continued the hearing to Oct. 16 for final action.
The Climate and Infrastructure Committee of Minneapolis City opened a municipal-consent public hearing Sept. 30 on MnDOT’s proposed reconstruction of University Avenue Northeast (Trunk Highway 47) and continued the hearing to Oct. 16 for final action after a clerical error, Chair Katie Cashman said.
The hearing included a staff presentation from Peter Bennett, senior transportation planner with Minneapolis Public Works, who described a concept that would convert the existing four-lane undivided roadway to a three-lane cross section, add medians at nine locations, install curb extensions and build a two-block segment of the city’s all-ages-and-abilities bike network between Central Avenue Southeast and First Avenue. “University Avenue Northeast is currently structured as a 4 lane undivided…
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