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Scott County transportation sales tax funds major regional projects; fund forecasted to be fully programmed by 2033
Summary
Lisa Friess, Scott County transportation services director, told commissioners the county has used its half-percent sales tax to advance regional mobility and safety projects — including a $72 million 41/169 project — and that the program is forecast to be fully programmed by about 2033 unless the board decides to renew it.
Lisa Friess, Scott County’s transportation services director, told the Board of Commissioners on Aug. 5 that the county’s half‑percent transportation sales tax has been used to accelerate projects the county says MnDOT and regional partners were not prioritizing.
Friess said the county was able to move projects forward — “one of the first projects we actually funded … was that 41 and 169 project” — and identified that 41/169 as a roughly $72,000,000 project the county helped advance so it would not wait eight to 10 years.
Why it matters: Friess said the sales tax was adopted in 2015 to…
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