I-494 / TH 169 Interchange

AdvanceNotice: I-494 / TH 169 Interchange

$125,000,000 to $145,000,000


Project Type:	AdvanceNotice
Project Owner:	Minnesota Department of Transportation
Location:	Minnesota, United States, Hennepin (MN), Edina (MN), Bloomington (MN), Eden Prairie (MN), Minneapolis (MN), 55420
Estimated Value:	$125,000,000 to $145,000,000
Estimated Jobs:	N/A - Congressional Budget Office As compared with 1580 - White House Council of Economic Advisors
Category:	Construction - Roadways, Construction - Bridges and Tunnels, Design-Build, A/E - Transportation
Market Sector:	State/Municipal
Publication Date:	03/02/2009
Contact Information:	Phone: 1-651-296-6101 Address: 395 John Ireland Boulevard,Mail Stop 650, Saint Paul, MN, 55155
Description:	FEDERAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY SPENDING. I-494 / TH 169 Interchange (Metro District). Reconstruction of the interchange of I-494 and TH 169 in the cities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie, and Edina. The project includes grading, bridges, and drainage. Estimated Cost: $125 to $145 million.

Vote on this Project

Here is what 103 people think:

82.5% - Worthwhile (85 Votes)

19 - Energy Efficiency
6 - Environmental
49 - Long-Term Value
11 - Short-Term Value

17.5% - Unnecessary (18 Votes)

6 - Fraud/Abuse
0 - Not Competitive
12 - Too Costly

Comments (10)

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thanksformy200.5K

Jan-07-2010 12:10:57 AM

The entire recovery act is weak fiscal policy but it is projects like this that are the worst offenders. It is horribly expensive and, if MN-DoT history is any example, it will be slow, wasteful and likely poorly executed. If the plan is to debase the currency in an attempt to re-inflate the bubble so we can pretend for a few more years that our economy can afford massive new spending programs to renew the lease on congressional seats, is it too much to ask for it to be done efficiently?

SmBizSprt

Nov-11-2009 06:01:31 PM

I realize the state needs to upgrade some of the infrastructure, but this is outrageous! When are you going to start pumping money into places that will stimulate small non-union controlled businesses that keep this country going? 145M!? Crazy!

doitright

Nov-12-2009 12:55:20 PM

Reply to SmBizSprt : How do small projects keep this country going? Those are ripe for fraud and waste and benefit only a few select people. Spend money on roads! More people benefit from large road projects than some silly misc pet "small" project for a few lucky businesses. Great job congress. Finally something that makes sense!

memama

Dec-03-2009 01:35:47 PM

Reply to SmBizSprt : SmBizSprt - Obama has had 25+ SECRET meetings with SEIU and until the "guest list" was finally handed over? NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW!.... Health Care (Obama Crap Care) is being lurked around by UNIONS & the multiple meetings being chummy with Obama are FOR ONE THING! = to have Obama give them the "right" to force UNIONS into the entire Health Care System because they want to gain more DUES to keep their pensions GOING!....and Obama wants a socialist experiment!...a marriage made in hell ~

Nov-11-2009 10:10:33 AM

What a waste. just like the failure to remove the lights south of 494 (3 lighted intersections vs current bridges) in the initial project. Anyone with a driver's license could have seen they screwed up the first time. Someone at the MnDot should have lost their job over that project. If you can't do it right, don't do it.

Mike

Nov-19-2009 09:14:36 AM

Reply to tg : And you are qualified to make this judgement how?

JLM

Nov-20-2009 12:52:49 PM

Reply to tg : I live out there so the shortest route for me to get home would have me getting off 494 at 169. I won't do it. I will drive through Eden Prairie on Flying Cloud because it is faster then dealing with the multiple stop lights surrounding a major intercahnge. It is a messed up intersection and the sad part is it was just redone within the last 10 years. Just my two cents.

ae malley

Aug-18-2009 09:33:20 AM

How many times do we need to re-do this intersection. This time I hope they get it right so it'll last more than a few years. Other parts of the metro have been waiting too many years for their first intersection improvements. This money would have been better used to complete I-610 all the way to 94 in the north metro. Projects need to get completed before intersections get re-done and re-done. We need planners that want to get things right the first time.

Ryan Kennedy

May-28-2009 11:50:54 PM

This intersection is a nightmare right now. Its just a shame that when they redid it not too long ago, they were not able to do it right. Just shows the importance of the penny-wise, pound-foolish idiom when it comes to infrastructure.

Art W

May-20-2009 08:57:17 AM

Its about time...this interchange has needed to be redone for the last 5 years

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