St. Paul Park; marked Trunk Highway 10/Trunk Highway 61 and 70th Street interchange funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Patti Anderson and 3 co-sponsors

The bill authorizes bond-financed funding from the trunk highway fund for MnDOT to design the TH 10/TH 61 and 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park.

Authors added Anderson, P. E., and Koznick

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Purpose

HF 3373 authorizes funding for an interchange project at the intersection of marked Trunk Highway 10 (TH 10), Trunk Highway 61 (TH 61), and Washington County State-Aid Highway (S.A.H.) 22 (70th Street) in the city of St. Paul Park. The bill also provides for the sale of state bonds to finance the project and directs the appropriation of bond proceeds from the trunk highway fund.

Key Provisions

Appropriation for Design and Construction Planning

Section 1, Subdivision 1 establishes an appropriation of an unspecified dollar amount from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for the preliminary and final design of the TH 10/TH 61 and 70th Street interchange in St. Paul Park.
Purpose: to advance the engineering and design work required to develop the interchange.

Bond Financing authorization

Section 1, Subdivision 2 authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds in an amount up to a specified (but blank) sum to finance the appropriation described above.
The bond proceeds, excluding any accrued interest and any premium from the sale, must be deposited into the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.
Financing mechanism: Bonds would be issued in accordance with Minnesota statutes (sections 167.50 to 167.52) and Article XIV, Section 11 of the Minnesota Constitution, at times and in amounts requested by the Commissioner of Transportation.

Effective Date

The act takes effect the day after final enactment.

Who/What Would Be Affected

State Transportation Financing and Administration

MnDOT would lead the project design and implementation.
The Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) would be involved in issuing the bonds.
The project would use funds from the trunk highway fund’s bond proceeds account.

Geographic/Local Impact

The neighborhoods and commutes in St. Paul Park and the surrounding area would be affected through improved highway connectivity at the TH 10/TH 61 interchange with 70th Street (Washington County SAH 22).

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

Legislative Action

The bill was introduced in the 94th Legislature and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
First reading occurred on February 17, 2026; later amendments added co-authors.

Next Steps

If advanced, the bill would proceed through committee deliberations, potential amendments, and floor votes in both chambers.
Upon passage and signature, the authorization for bond issuance would enable the controlled sale of bonds to fund the project, with design work commencing or continuing as specified.

Notes

The bill text as provided leaves the exact dollar amounts (both the appropriation figure and bond authorization amount) as blanks (represented by "......."). These amounts would be determined during the legislative process and reflected in the final enacted version.

The bill focuses solely on funding and financing for the interchange design; it does not authorize construction work beyond design, nor does it specify project milestones or timelines beyond design funding.

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