Tentative project schedule
The 1960 highway easement provided for three years from the notice of termination of easement rights to when the highway must be relocated. MnDOT requested that this be amended to a minimum of seven years.
| Conduct Additional Studies | April 2013 – Spring 2014 |
| Community and Agency Meetings | 2013 – 2014 |
| Amended Scoping Decision Document (SDD) | Spring/Summer 2013 |
| Draft EIS Publication | Summer 2014 |
| Select Preferred Alternative | Fall/Winter 2014. |
| Final EIS | Spring 2015 |
| Record of Decision | Summer 2015 |
| Construction | Late 2015 – Spring 2017 |