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1014 Project Title: Location: Contact: Cost: Description: Project Title: Location: Contact: Cost: Minnesota MRT Route Signage — Phase 2 Various Carol Zoff, MnDOT $312,885 (Requesting $35,000) The Mississippi River Trail (MRT) is the primary nonmotorized alternative transportation facility in the MISS. This project will complete the effort to sign the entire MRT in Minnesota by signing the 72-mile MRT segment in the MISS. This will result in approximately 800 miles of signed bicycle route that follows the Mississippi River in Minnesota. Combined with the route in nine other river states, this project will allow bicyclists to confidently explore the Mississippi from the headwaters in Lake Itasca State Park to the Gulf of Mexico. The route statewide is on existing road shoulders and trails. Completion of the route signing will benefit MISS visitors, local residents and businesses. Once completed, MISS visitors can extend their Mississippi River experience throughout the state with the real opportunity to do so by bicycle. This mode of exploration provides an intimate relationship with the river, often closer than can be had by car, especially in the MISS, but also in other Minnesota communities where riverfront trails exist. Residents can use the MRT for commuting, recreation, exercise, and culture. Business can benefit from increased visitation resulting from marketing the signed route as done by the Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission, MRT Inc., Explore Minnesota Tourism and all of the more than 70 communities that are along the route in Minnesota. MISS can also benefit from cross promotion by other segments of the MRT in Minnesota and in the ten states that will encourage travelers and residents to visit the park. The project is on the MRT and will connect to transit facilities as identified in the Alternative Transportation Plan and promoted by MISS's rivertripplanner.org. It will also improve the connection of the MRT to transit, airport, train, and other alternative modes. This funding is requested for construction in 2014, beginning in approximately April and continuing through August. The match will be provided by alternative transportation program funds as designated by MnDOT. MnDOT, in partnership with the Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission, will continue to partner with MISS to develop, sign, market, and manage the MRT in Minnesota. Fabricate Floor Maps Portable Susan Overson (NPS), Tim Motzko (SMM) $30,000 January 29, 2014 — Page 3