HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2004-107CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-107
SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE IMPROVED FUNDING
FOR I-494 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the cities of Bloomington, Edina, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Plymouth and
Richfield have joined together to promote improvement of I-494 from the Minnesota
River to I-94 in order to increase road capacity and to improve the productivity and
convenience of resident and businesses throughout the region; and
WHEREAS, the I-494 corridor is at 50 percent overcapacity in many locations; the cost
of traffic congestion along the corridor is $100 million per year, and congestion is
expected to double in the next 20 years; and
WHEREAS, fiinding for improvements to the I-494 Corridor, the Twin Cities
metropolitan region and greater Minnesota has not kept pace with growth and demand
due to a lack of any state gas tax increase in Minnesota since 1988; and,
WHEREAS, transportation spending, as a percentage of the state gross product, has
declined from 1.2 percent to .9 percent over the past decade, transit is funded at 65
percent that of similarly sized regions and planners estimate that at least $1 billion in
improvements per year for the next decade is needed to simply keep up with anticipated
congestion,
WHEREAS, the costs and ramifications of congestion are an impediment to business
development, economic growth, and reduce the overall quality of life in the metropolitan
area;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH, that this Council supports an increase in the state gas tax, and other steps
to increase the state revenues available for improvements to the I-494 corridor and other
metropolitan transportation systems.
ADOPTED by the Plymouth City Council on March 9, 2004.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on March 9, 2004 with the original thereof on file
in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk