Purpose

Provide a one-time capital investment to help fund the planning and land-related work for a new interchange where Trunk Highway 5 meets Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 4 in Eden Prairie.

Key Provisions

• Creates a onetime appropriation of 5,000,000 from Minnesota’s general fund in fiscal year 2026.
• Purpose: support grants to the city of Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, the Department of Transportation, or a combination of these entities.
• Stated uses of the funds include:
  • Preliminary transportation and utility design
  • Environmental analysis (environmental impact analysis)
  • Final transportation and utility design
  • Right-of-way and utility easement acquisition
• The project is tied to an interchange at the marked Trunk Highway 5 and Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 4, including the approaches to the interchange.

Recipients and Use

• Recipients may be the city of Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, the Department of Transportation, or any combination of these entities.
• Funds are intended to cover planning, environmental, design, and property-rights work needed to prepare for the new interchange and its surrounding roadways.

Funding Details and Availability

• Source: General Fund.
• Timing: Fiscal year 2026.
• Availability: The appropriation is onetime and remains available through June 30, 2030.

Relationship to Existing Law

• Establishes a single, time-limited funding allocation rather than a ongoing program.
• Does not specify changes to existing statutes beyond creating this one-time appropriation for the described project.

Project Scope

• Focuses on the interchange at Trunk Highway 5 and Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 4 and the roadways leading to and surrounding the interchange.
• Emphasizes planning steps (designs and environmental work) and land-rights activities (right-of-way and utility easements) necessary to advance the project.

Relevant Terms - capital investment, appropriation, general fund, Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Department of Transportation, Trunk Highway 5, Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 4, interchange, approaches, preliminary transportation design, utility design, environmental analysis, environmental impact analysis, final design, right-of-way, utility easement acquisition, one-time appropriation, available until June 30, 2030, fiscal year 2026.