MnDOT Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger and staff are openly opposing a highway-to-boulevard feasibility study (SF 2180 and HF 2270) through an inaccurate and inflated fiscal note.

In response to community pressure, a legislative directive to address Minneapolis municipal sidewalk plowing and ice removal passed unanimously through Minneapolis City Council in late February. City Council will act on the directive and report back in June.

Thanks to your advocacy, Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura (63A) and Senator Omar Fateh (62) have introduced bills in the House and Senate to commission a comprehensive feasibility study of Twin Cities Boulevard, an I-94 highway-to-boulevard conversion between downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. This feasibility study is critical to ensure that the community has an opportunity to legitimately consider options that do not rebuild the highway and better understand how I-94 impacts their lives. The bill needs to be heard in either the House or Senate Transportation Committee before the legislature’s committee deadline of March 24, 2023, to be considered for inclusion in a larger transportation spending bill.