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Overview

Location

• Interstate 35W at 95th Avenue, Blaine

  Anoka County

  • To view location map click here

 

Schedule

• January 2009 - contract awarded
• March 2009 - construction begins
• December 2009 - anticipated completion

 

Traffic impact during construction

• None

 

Project Lead

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on this project:

 

Lindsay Sheppard

Metro Transit

560 Sixth Avenue North

Minneapolis, MN 55411

 

Lindsay.Sheppard@metc.state.mn.us

 

612-349-7679

 

Contractor

Knutson Construction Services, Inc.

 

 

Cost

Total project budget is $9.5 million

 

 

95th Avenue Park & Ride in Blaine

 

Project description

A 550-space ramp is being constructed to expand the current 95th Avenue Park & Ride lot. This is one of many transportation projects funded by the Urban Partnership Agreement, a collaboration of federal, state and local entities working to improve traffic by reducing congestion on Interstate 35W, Highway 77/Cedar Avenue and in downtown Minneapolis.

 

Project benefit

• Provides express services to downtown Minneapolis (Routes 250 and 288) and downtown Saint Paul (Route 262) with rush-hour buses departing for downtown Minneapolis every seven to 10 minutes
• Reduces traffic congestion by taking as many as 100 cars off the road per bus trip. Public transportation riders can achieve an average annual saving of $8,368 per year by using public transportation instead of driving, according to the American Public Transportation Association's "Transit Savings Report."

 

Background

The current Park & Ride at this location is near capacity with 96 percent of spaces occupied in October 2008. Using UPA funding, Metro Transit purchased adjacent land north of the existing site.

 

U.S. Senator

Senator Amy Klobuchar

 

U.S. Congressional District

Congressional District 6

Senator Michelle Bachmann

 

State Senate District

Senate District 51

Senator Don Betzold

 

State House District

House District 51A

Representative Tim Sanders