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Transportation bill adds traffic-calming dollars for cities of the first class and directs study of Blue Line mode
Summary
City staff said the special-session transportation bill includes traffic-calming funds for cities of the first class, funding for a Washington Avenue suicide-prevention barrier, cuts to NLX allocations and Metro Transit operations, and a required Blue Line mode study.
Steve Hueser described transportation provisions that affect Minneapolis, including new traffic-calming funding and a required study on the Blue Line extension.
Steve Hueser, Senior Government Relations representative with the Intergovernmental Relations Department, told the committee that the special-session transportation bill included an allocation for traffic calming for cities of the first class. Hueser estimated that the city could receive roughly $500,000 per year from an anticipated $1,000,000 per year statewide allocation for the 2026–27 biennium but said…
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