Bill Text: MN SF1071 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Frontage road and ramps for controlled access highways provisions modifications and local road authority permit issuance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - Author added Nelson [SF1071 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1071-Introduced.html
1.2relating to highways; distinguishing between frontage road and ramp for
1.3controlled access highways; authorizing municipal road authorities to issue
1.4permits for driveway access to frontage roads and ramps for controlled access
1.5highways;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.38, subdivision 3.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.38, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 3. Frontage road. (a) The commissioner for and on behalf of the state
1.9may enter into agreements with municipalities for the construction, improvement, and
1.10maintenance of trunk highways within the limits of said municipalities, including but not
1.11limited to agreements for the construction and maintenance of frontage roads upon and
1.12along trunk highways within the limits of said municipalities. Such frontage roads may be
1.13constructed along the main-traveled lanes of the trunk highway, or they may be constructed
1.14a reasonable distance out from the limits of the right-of-way acquired for the main-traveled
1.15lanes if in the considered judgment of the commissioner such location is necessary to
1.16eliminate unreasonable circuity of local travel or to provide access to properties otherwise
1.17denied access to public highways by the establishment and construction of the trunk
1.18highway. Such frontage roads shall connect, at least at one terminal, either with the
1.19main lanes of the trunk highway or with another public highway. The municipalities are
1.20authorized to enter into such agreement with the commissioner for the performance and
1.21responsibility of the work upon such terms as may be agreed upon. Where a segment of
1.22a frontage road serves as a ramp for a controlled access highway, the terminal of the
1.23frontage road is located 50 feet from the divergence between the ramp and the highway.
1.24(b) Notwithstanding section 160.18 and rules adopted under that section, authority to
1.25issue a permit to construct or alter a driveway giving access to a frontage road within a
2.1municipality belongs exclusively to the municipality in which the frontage road is located.
2.2The municipal road authority shall not deny reasonable driveway access to a frontage
2.3road. A driveway affords reasonable access when it is a first or second point of access to
2.4the frontage road that is at least 100 feet, or a distance equivalent to the minimum stopping
2.5sight distance, from the nearest intersection. Driveway access on that segment of a ramp
2.6that is not a part of the frontage road under paragraph (a) is reasonable when it is located
2.7on the opposite side of the road from the ramp and appropriate measures exist to prevent
2.8traffic from crossing from the driveway to the ramp.
1.3controlled access highways; authorizing municipal road authorities to issue
1.4permits for driveway access to frontage roads and ramps for controlled access
1.5highways;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.38, subdivision 3.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.38, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 3. Frontage road. (a) The commissioner for and on behalf of the state
1.9may enter into agreements with municipalities for the construction, improvement, and
1.10maintenance of trunk highways within the limits of said municipalities, including but not
1.11limited to agreements for the construction and maintenance of frontage roads upon and
1.12along trunk highways within the limits of said municipalities. Such frontage roads may be
1.13constructed along the main-traveled lanes of the trunk highway, or they may be constructed
1.14a reasonable distance out from the limits of the right-of-way acquired for the main-traveled
1.15lanes if in the considered judgment of the commissioner such location is necessary to
1.16eliminate unreasonable circuity of local travel or to provide access to properties otherwise
1.17denied access to public highways by the establishment and construction of the trunk
1.18highway. Such frontage roads shall connect, at least at one terminal, either with the
1.19main lanes of the trunk highway or with another public highway. The municipalities are
1.20authorized to enter into such agreement with the commissioner for the performance and
1.21responsibility of the work upon such terms as may be agreed upon. Where a segment of
1.22a frontage road serves as a ramp for a controlled access highway, the terminal of the
1.23frontage road is located 50 feet from the divergence between the ramp and the highway.
1.24(b) Notwithstanding section 160.18 and rules adopted under that section, authority to
1.25issue a permit to construct or alter a driveway giving access to a frontage road within a
2.1municipality belongs exclusively to the municipality in which the frontage road is located.
2.2The municipal road authority shall not deny reasonable driveway access to a frontage
2.3road. A driveway affords reasonable access when it is a first or second point of access to
2.4the frontage road that is at least 100 feet, or a distance equivalent to the minimum stopping
2.5sight distance, from the nearest intersection. Driveway access on that segment of a ramp
2.6that is not a part of the frontage road under paragraph (a) is reasonable when it is located
2.7on the opposite side of the road from the ramp and appropriate measures exist to prevent
2.8traffic from crossing from the driveway to the ramp.
