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Highway 14: A Regional Priority

North Mankato to Nicollet Scheduled for 2017-18 New Ulm Courtland Nicollet North Mankato Mankato Eagle Lake Waseca Janesville Dodge Center Owatonna Byron Rochester Owatonna to Dodge Center $199 million construction $20 million ROW

Unfinished Scheduled Four lane completed

Nicollet to New Ulm $78-167 million construction $23 million ROW

Kasson

A Consistent Four Lane Corridor is Necessary to Serve Our Communities!

U.S. Highway 14 is an interregional corridor that serves the economic hubs of southern Minnesota. A two-lane rural highway cannot meet the demands of the regions growing population and industries (see reverse for growth projections). Significant Safety Concerns: From 2002-2011 (between Rochester and New Ulm) 52 fatalities 41 serious injury crashes Fatality rate above statewide average (1.8 v. 1.3) 8 fatalities and 4 serious injuries in 2012 (unofficial) 2012 MnDOT Safety Audit (North Mankato-New Ulm) Percentage of severe crashes (4.88%) above statewide two-lane (2.94%) or expressway (2.63%) average 70% of crashes are head on or sideswipe, 3 times greater than state two-lane average 3 intersections with higher crash rate than critical crash rate Traffic Growth Projections: North Mankato to New Ulm +60-80% by 2025 Owatonna to Dodge Center +50% by 2034 Inclusion in MnDOTs 20-year Plan This plan prioritizes the states highway investments. If Highway 14 is left off the plan, progress will be stalled, economic opportunity will be lost, safety will be jeopardized, and project costs will increase. Funding The resources needed to complete Highway 14 must be considered when making investments in Minnesotas transportation system. Continuing Progress TH 14-15 interchange should be built during the 2018 construction of the adjacent New Ulm Bridge, as recommended by 2012 MnDOT Safety Audit. Nicollet bypass should be completed at the time of 2017-18 expansion project. Delays and costs of re-evaluating the OwatonnaDodge Center Final EIS should be avoided by making progress on the project in 2013.
Now is the time to plan and invest in the future success of the region by completing Highway 14!

Prepared by Flaherty & Hood, P.A. for the U.S. Highway 14 Partnership, 2/11/13

Projected Population in Highway 14 Corridor Counties

250,000
Source: Minnesota State Demographic Center

100% 2010 2030 % Change 90% 80% 70%

Precentage Change in Population (2010 - 2030)

Estimated Change in County Population (2010 - 2030)

200,000

150,000

60% 50%

Highway 14 Corridor Counties Populations are Growing

100,000 33% 25% 50,000 16% 16%

40% 30% 20% 13% 10%

0 Blue Earth Brown Dodge Nicollet Olmsted Steele Waseca

0%

Projected Industrial Growth in SW Minnesota (Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, and Waseca Counties)
60% 57%

Projected Employment Growth (2010 - 2020)

50% 43% 40% 37% 33% 30% 30% 22% 20% 14% 10% 14%

Industrial Growth Will Increase Demand on Highway 14 (Nicollet- New Ulm)

0% Specialized Freight Trucking Building Basic Chemical Ag., Equipment Manufacturing Construction, Contractors and Mining Machinery Offices of Physicians General Freight Trucking Grocery Product Merchant Wholesalers Misc Nondurable Goods Merchant Whsle

Projected Industrial Growth in SE Minnesota (Dodge, Olmstead, Steele Counties)

60% 54% 50% 50%

Projected Employment Growth (2010 - 2020)

40% 32% 30% 23% 20% 21% 21%

Industrial Growth Will Increase Demand on Highway 14 (Owatonna-Dodge Center)

19% 15%

10%

0% Building Equipment Contractors Specialized Freight Trucking Offices of Physicians Ag., Grocery Construction, Product and Mining Merchant Machinery Wholesalers General Freight Trucking Glass and Motor Glass Product Vehicle/Part Manufacturing Merchant Wholesalers

Sources: MnDOT, DEED, and State Demographer