Make It Safe For Everyone
On March 21, MnDOT released the draft Scoping Decision Document (SDD) for MnDOT’s Hwy 252 / I-94 project to the public. This SDD describes the alternatives considered by MnDOT, as well as MnDOT’s recommended alternatives and the alternatives they wish to eliminate. At present MnDOT is seeking public comment on the Hwy 252 / I-94 alternatives. The Public Comment Period has been extended by one week. New date: May 26th.
It is critical for you to make comments to MnDOT and elected officials on the suitability of MnDOT’s recommended and eliminated alternatives now. Otherwise your voice and ideas will never be heard, and MnDOT will focus all their attention on alternatives such as a 6-lane freeway that have fatal flaws and cause irreversible harms to our communities.
This website contains a wealth of information from the Highway 252 Safety Task Force about safer, healthier and more equitable alternatives to the existing Hwy 252 / I-94 routes in order to promote better community livability, connectivity and cohesion for the people of our City.
MAJOR DECISIONS ABOUT OUR SAFETY/COMMUNITY ARE ABOUT TO BE MADE. WE HAVE CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE OPTIONS FOR 252: SOME ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO US
The Highway 252 Safety Task Force has spent years examining the alternatives for MN State Highway 252 (252) to which ones are safe for our families and which ones are not. We met with representatives of MnDOT, federal, state, and local officials; engineers examined highway safety rules; and using Freedom of Information requests we obtained access to documents that have not been shared with the public. We also examined significant other information about the impact of the plans on our community.
WHAT WE DISCOVERED.
The impact on those using or living anywhere near 252, differs dramatically depending on what plan isused. On this website we intend to provide the information that will allow you to understand the options.
SELECTING THE RIGHT PLAN MATTERS!
The website is designed to assist you in evaluating which options protect your family and improve the quality of your life. We provide the information to answer questions about which plans will cause more people to be injured or killed; which plans will cause many more millions of cars and trucks to travel on 252; which plans double todays traffic volume by diverting traffic from other regional freeways; which plans convert 252 to a major truck route, adding thousands of diesel trucks per day to 252; which plans require substantially more property seizures, air pollution, dropping property values. There are likely issues you are not even aware of like danger to our water supply, and numerous others.
YOU CAN HELP PROTECT OUR SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
This website gives you information on how to effectively be heard regarding 252. Some of the plans cost $350 million or more. If they are done, they will be locked in for decades to come.
Get Involved
You can get involved and make a difference! Learn about the history of the project, read our reccomendations, write your elected officials and leave public comment for MNDot, sign up to join the task force, or come to our next event.
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Who Are We?
We are a group of concerned Brooklyn Center residents that formed a task force committee to address safety issues we felt were not being recognized by the MnDot Hwy 252/I 94 project. We have done extensive research, community outreach and had meetings with the MnDot team, City, County, State and Federal elected officials, and many involved organizations and communities. We have been working diligently for many years and are concerned that the communities that will be affected by the 252/I94 project (Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center and North Minneapolis) are not being listened to, cared for or protected. With the previous proposals we found many grave concerns for safety requirements not being followed, increased risk human fatalities, the negative impact on the health of people and the environment and the disregard for the communities.
Click here to read more about the Highway 252 Safety Task Force or see what we’ve accomplished so far.
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