MN HF56

Amends $110 million railroad grade separations appropriation to expand eligible uses from construction only to include environmental analysis, predesign, design, engineering, and construction of rail safety projects at trunk highway-railroad crossings

Removes requirement that railroad grade crossing projects comply with Minnesota Statutes section 219.016, instead requiring projects be identified in MnDOT's crude by rail grade crossing study (December 2014, revised 2019)

Amends $23 million flood mitigation appropriation for trunk highways in Sibley County and Le Sueur County to add environmental analysis, predesign, design, and engineering as eligible uses alongside reconstruction

Adds limitation that flood mitigation funds apply only to portions of projects eligible for trunk highway bond proceeds

Both sections effective the day following final enactment