US Highway 212 Rural Freight Mobility and Safety Project

SOUTH 59 94 DAKOTA 7 Montevideo 212 23 Minneapolis l Saint Paul 212 75 Granite Falls Norwood l Olivia Young America Carver l 29 l l l 23 212 Glencoe Cologne 35 71 5 169 MINNESOTA 15

GOALS: Address critical mobility and safety issues and eliminate a five mile freight bottleneck between the cities of Cologne and Norwood Young America. Ensure travel time reliability for all users, enhance economic development and access to employment, and improve the quality of VICTORIA j the environment. j WACONIA US HIGHWAY 212 IN CARVER COUNTY

Carver County • One remaining 5-mile, 2-lane bottleneck between • Four fatal and three serious injury crashes. Cologne and Norwood Young America. • Only high priority interregional corridor in the metro • Serves 22,000 square miles of rural MN and SD – area that still has two-lane segments. Primary connector for 65 major freight generators • History of federal funding requests: HYDES LAKE Serving travelers from 74 of 87 counties 2017 • Originallyj constructed in 1929 INFRA 2017, 2019, 2020 • Carries more than 1,300 trucks daily BUILD 2018, 2019, 2020 TIGER 2010 (Planning) CRASHES Within the project area, there5 have been FOUR reported traffic fatalities andthree severe crashes involving life- CHASKA threatening injuries (2009-2019). YOUNG AMERICA 284

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HAMBURG US Highway 212 Rural Freight Mobility and Safety Project j Carver County EAST UNION

Sibley County 0 1 2 Miles [ PROJECT CHALLENGES

ELIMINATE IMPROVE EXPAND Ensure the freight roadway access to state of 1 bottleneck 2 safety 3 employment 4 good repair

The project addresses multiple transportation challenges including mobility and safety and reducing gaps in the transportation system to enhance connections between the greater western Minnesota region, South Dakota, and the Twin Cities. Freight Bottleneck by creating a 17% increase in operational costs The project will address critical capacity issues Negatively affects 65 freight generators continuous, four-lane expressway from Glencoe to the Twin Cities.

Fatalities The project will reduce fatal and injury crashes by eliminating 2-lane 4 fatalities in past 10 years rural highway gaps and providing safe access.

Employment Barriers The project will expand highway capacity to strengthen US 212 as a 72% of residents travel outside Carver major connection, linking rural communities to the Twin Cities economic County for work hub. VICTORIA j Aging Infrastructure j Roadway has not been expanded or The project will replace aging infrastructure that has not been reconstructed since it was originally expanded or reconstructed since it was originally built in 1929. built in 1929 Carver County WACONIA

VICTORIA j PROJECTj IMPROVEMENTS HYDES LAKE The Project will update the obsolete two-lane roadway to a four-lane expressway. It will address critical safety issues by

Carver County j reconstructingWACONIA key intersections as Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCIs). Other improvements include the addition of full width shoulders and turn lanes. If funding is available the CR 51 intersection will be replaced with a grade-separated

HYDES LAKE interchange. j NORWOOD CHASKA 284 43 YOUNG AMERICA 51 153 Dahlgren Rd Dahlgren Phase 1 Ln Mellgren COLOGNE CHASKA NORWOOD 43 51 153 284 Completed YOUNG AMERICA 11 212 Mellgren Ln COLOGNE Dahlgren Rd 36 36 212 212 CARVER 212 CARVER 41 41 BONGARDS Laurie Ln Laurie LnLaurie Kelly Ave BONGARDS Kelly Ave Salem Ave Tacoma Rd Tacoma 53 53 33 Salem Ave Tacoma Rd Tacoma R / W 33 Project Area Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCI) HAMBURG Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCI) Grade Separated HAMBURG j Overpass TE (Option) Carver County EAST UNION Sibley County j

3’ Carver County 10’ 12’ 12’ 4’ 4’ 12’ 12’ 10’ VAR EAST UNION VAR SHLD LANE LANE SHLD SHLD LANE LANE SHLD

20’ Completed RCIs in the corridor have resulted in Sibley County 8’ 5 Miles of50% 2-lane reduction to 4-lane expansion in injury crashes. 100% reduction in fatal and serious injury right-angle crashes R / W

WB TH 212 100’ 84’ EB TH 212 75’

R / W Grade Separated Overpass (Option) Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCI)

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3’ 10’ 12’ 12’ 4’ 4’ 12’ 12’ 10’ VAR VAR SHLD LANE LANE SHLD SHLD LANE LANE SHLD

20’ 10 Miles of 2-lane to 4-lane expansion 8’

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WB TH 212 100’ 84’ EB TH 212 75’ PROJECT SCHEDULE

Dec Fall 2025 2023 MnDOT Final Plans & Operations & Specifications Maintenance Summer ROW Certificate 2022 Spring Summer NEPA 2024 2025 60% Design Construction Start Complete Construction

2022 2023 2024 2025

PROJECT COSTS/FUNDING

Costs: Design, NEPA $2,900,000 Right of Way $3,000,000 Construction, Administation $53,500,000 Total $59,400,000 Funding County (Local Option Sales Tax) $17,000,000 Committments Federal (Met Council STPBG) $3,500,000 State (MnDOT-TH Bonds & Construction Admin.) $6,400,000 Funding Gap $32,500,000 Potential Gap Priority Project Request $25,000,000 Funding Sources MN Highway Freight Program (Federal from MnDOT) $7,500,000

Assumes Interchange at CR 51

NEXT STEPS

• County and MnDOT moves ahead with project development and ROW mapping in 2021. • County applies for upcoming grants: 2021 BUILD, 2021 INFRA, State legislative request.

Primary Contact: For more information: Lyndon Robjent, PE, Carver County US 212 project County Engineer Carver County 11360 Hwy 212 West, Suite 1 Cologne, MN 55322 952-466-5206 [email protected] #Make212Safe

US Highway 212 Rural Freight Mobility and Safety Project