Res 2022- 61 RRSVS TH 62 149 CR 63CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2022 - 61
RESOLUTION DISCUSSING THE REGIONAL ROADWAY SYSTEM VISIONING
STUDY UPDATE
WHEREAS, Dakota County partnered with the Minnesota Department of
Transportation, the Metropolitan Council, the Federal Highway Administration, the City of
Eagan, the City of Inver Grove Heights, the City of Mendota Heights, and the City of
Sunfish Lake to conduct a transportation study in northern Dakota County with the goal of
developing a long-term roadway system vision that is supported by all jurisdictions and
balances land use and transportation improvements for the study area based on projected
growth in Eagan and Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights has participated in the original study in
2010 and the update to the study in 2022 with staff representatives, elected officials and
interested residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights has continually stated its objection to an
interchange at Delaware Avenue and I-494 and expressed concerns about related issues; and
WHEREAS, significant development has occurred in Eagan and Inver Grove Heights
since the 2010 Regional Roadway System Visioning Study was completed, in many cases with
less density and lower traffic generation; and
WHEREAS, the 2040 Comprehensive Plans for the cities of Eagan and Inver Grove
Heights included fewer households and jobs in the study area compared to the cities’ 2030
Comprehensive Plans; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights fully supports the need to undertake
planning in order to prepare for and respond to future growth.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Mendota Heights offers the
following comments to Dakota County's draft recommendations on the Regional Roadway
System Visioning Study:
1. Supports the recommendation of a future interchange being placed at Alternate E,
approximately one mile east of the current Delaware Avenue overpass. Any
potential future interchange at Delaware Avenue will not be supported by the City
of Mendota Heights.
2. Supports the addition of needed improvements to the Trunk Highway 62 intersections
with Trunk Highway 149 (Dodd Road) and County Road 63 (Delaware Avenue) in
Addition to spot improvements on County Road 63 (Delaware Avenue) and Trunk
Highway 149 (Dodd Road) between I-494 and Trunk Highway 62.