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Hennepin County and Bloomington outline $26.4M plan to reconstruct Nicollet Avenue with off‑street bike path and safety upgrades
Summary
Hennepin County briefed the Bloomington City Council on Oct. 27 on plans to reconstruct Nicollet Avenue (East Old Shakopee Road to American Boulevard), with a recommended preferred alternative that adds a shared‑use path, pedestrian refuges and intersection safety improvements; preliminary cost estimate $26.4 million.
Hennepin County and city staff presented an update Oct. 27 on the Nicollet Avenue reconstruction project in Bloomington, a 2.3‑mile corridor from East Old Shakopee Road (near Kennedy High School) north to American Boulevard. The project team recommended advancing a preferred multimodal alternative that includes a shared‑use path on one side of the street, sidewalks on the other, pedestrian median refuges, traffic‑signal replacements at most signalized intersections and removal of several free‑right slip lanes to calm turning traffic.
Project manager Emily Goodell (Hennepin County) said the corridor is constrained…
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