MnDOT’s goal is to have a choice in hand by 2026 and designs ready by 2029, paving the way for a multi-billion dollar reconstruction of I-94 from Marion Street in St. Paul to Hiawatha Avenue/Minnesota 55 in Minneapolis in 2030 or thereafter.

The state patrol says the pursuit started around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday after the motorist failed to stop for a trooper near I-94 and Cretin Ave. in St. Paul.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) held a virtual meeting on Friday to lay out viable alternatives for the future of the I-94 corridor. The project started nearly 10 years ago, when planners and engineers began looking at ways to enhance traffic flow, while helping connect communities.

MnDOT officials narrowed down the list of 1-94 reconstruction designs between Minneapolis and St. Paul, eliminating options to remove the highway.

Instead of maintaining the deep highway trench that runs through the capital city, environmental and social justice advocacy groups have urged MnDOT to fill it in to grade level and reconnect the street grid with a “multi-modal” boulevard geared toward pedestrians, cyclists and public transit as much, if not more so, than trucks and cars.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a man was driving a 2015 Jeep Cherokee westbound on Interstate 94 when it left the roadway around 1:42 a.m. While exiting to Mounds Boulevard, the vehicle struck the overhead sign post. The vehicle then caught fire.

These two crossings were both built in 1967, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation ... Corners neighborhood or Nicollet Avenue over I-94 near the Minneapolis Convention Center. An interstate cap could capture the best of both worlds.

An investigation is underway following a deadly crash just east of downtown St. Paul early Sunday morning. It happened around 1:42 a.m. along Interstate 94, where the Minnesota State Patrol says a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee left the roadway while exiting at Mounds Boulevard.

Thirty-three-year-old Krista Voerding of Big Lake was driving west approaching Highway 101. Traffic was backed up and she swerved to avoid the stopped vehicles in her lane and collided with two other vehicles. Voerding was taken to North Memorial with life-threatening injuries.

Over the objection of community and environmental advocates, state transportation leaders behind what could be a sweeping effort to redesign 7.5 miles of Interstate 94 from

Deputies said the woman was uncooperative but not intoxicated after multiple 911 calls reported a vehicle traveling against traffic.

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