Why weren’t federal funds that Minnesota received in 2009 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) used for this project?
Approximately $170 million in ARRA funds were designated for the Metro area in 2009. At that time, Mn/DOT was still working with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to have the performance-based design approved for the Hwy 169/I-494 project. The estimated cost of the already approved policy based design was $205-$210 million. Since this would have used all of the ARRA funds and required additional funding, Mn/DOT, with input from the Met Council, opted to direct the ARRA funds to other, smaller projects Metro-wide and one larger project, the Hwy 610 extension in northwestern Hennepin County.
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