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Resident urges Dakota County to reduce private-property impacts in Seventieth Street reconstruction plan

5084098 · May 6, 2025
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Melissa Cornier of Eagan told the Dakota County Board of Commissioners during public comment that the planned complete reconstruction of County State Highway 26 (Seventieth Street) between Highway 3 and Babcock Trail will cause unacceptable private-property impacts and urged design alternatives to reduce takings.

Melissa Cornier of Eagan addressed the Dakota County Board of Commissioners during public comment to urge changes to the planned full reconstruction of County State Highway 26 (Seventieth Street) between Highway 3 and Babcock Trail in Inver Grove Heights.

Cornier said her mother-in-law, Nancy Cornier, has owned the family farm on Seventieth Street for roughly four decades and that the current planned reconstruction and associated permanent right-of-way extensions would "permanently negatively impact" that property and several neighboring parcels. She said county staff and designers…

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