The Dakota County Transportation Sales and Use Tax fund provides investments in regional and multi-modal transportation projects as part of the broader county transportation system. The funds are collected through a quarter-cent sales tax and $20 excise tax on vehicle sales authorized under Minnesota Statute 297A.993. The tax was enacted by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 1, 2017.
Dakota County designated the use of the tax for regional multi-modal transportation projects. These types of projects have been defined by the county as those that meet the following criteria:
- Regional transitway capital and operating costs
- County road projects
- Principal arterials
- Highways with greater than one-half mile access spacing
- 10-ton highway replacement and modernization, and expansion projects
- 4-lane county roads on new alignment
- County State Aid Highways
- County roadways
- Trunk Highway projects
- Transit service expansion capital and operating costs
- Regional trail and greenway projects
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Capital cost of constructing buildings for maintaining transportation/transit projects or improvements
Eligible projects for Sales and Use Tax Funds: 2026-2035
Transportation Maintenance Facilities
Empire Maintenance Facility
| $26,300,000 |
County Road Projects
| County Road 46 Expansion: Highway 3 to Highway 52 — Rosemount, Coates, and Empire | $52,616,000 |
County Road 46 Reconstruction: 400 feet west of General Sieben Drive to Highway 61—Hastings and Marshan and Nininger townships
| $20,091,000 |
| County Road 32 Expansion: County Road 71 to Highway 52 – Inver Grove Heights | $20,034,000 |
| County Road 42 Management improvements: Western county line to Highway 52 – Burnsville, Apple Valley and Rosemount | $40,000,000 |
| County Road 86 Reconstruction: Western county line to County Road 23 – Greenvale and Eureka townships | $14,307,500 |
| County Road 88 Reconstruction: County Road 94 to Highway 56—Randolph Township | $16,000,000 |
| County Road 91 Reconstruction: Miesville Trail to Highway 61—Miesville, Douglas Township | $6,090,000 |
| County Road 54 Reconstruction: 18th Street to County Road 68 – Hastings and Ravenna Township | $40,675,000 |
County Road 31 Reconstruction: County Road 74 to County Road 50 – Farmington
| $9,597,500 |
County Road 47 Reconstruction: Highway 3 to County Road 86 – Waterford, Sciota, and Castle Rock Townships
| $15,480,000 |
County Road 47 Reconstruction: County Road 86 to Highway 50 – Castle Rock and Hampton townships and Hampton
| $18,741,500 |
County Road 74 Reconstruction: County Road 31 to Honeysuckle Lane – Farmington
| $4,633,100 |
County Road 5 Intersection Improvements: At Kenyon Avenue – Lakeville NEW
| $900,000
|
County Road 28 Pedestrian Underpass: At the Eagan/Inver Grove Heights border – Eagan and Inver Grove Heights NEW
| $4,590,000
|
County Road 31 Safety and Pedestrian Improvements: 144th Street to Corporate Center Drive – Apple Valley and Eagan NEW
| $20,000,000
|
County Road 38 Retaining Walls: Garden View Drive to Hannover Avenue, west of Diamond Path – Apple Valley NEW
| $11,000,000
|
County Road 50 Roundabout Improvements: At County Road 60 – Lakeville NEW
| $851.250
|
County Road 59 Reconstruction: Highway 19 to County Road 47 – Sciota Township NEW
| $18,410,000
|
County Road 60 Intersection Improvements: At Orchard Trail – Lakeville NEW
| $1,058,125
|
County Road 73 Roundabout: At Connemara Trail – Rosemount NEW
| $3,335,455
|
County Road 81 Realignment: County Road 66 to County Road 46 – Empire and Vermillion Township NEW
| $20,000,000
|
Expansion: County Road 23/County Road 60 intersection east/southeast to County Road 64/Flagstaff Avenue roundabout – Lakeville and Farmington NEW
| $10,000,000
|
Trunk Highway Projects
Highway 3 Safety and Mobility Improvements: County Road 46 to Highway 52 — Eagan, Inver Grove Heights and Rosemount (accounts for additional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation)
| $85,000,000 |
| Highway 55 Safety and Mobility Improvements: Highway 52 to General Sieben Drive – Rosemount, Nininger Township, and Hastings | $48,000,000 |
| Interstate 35/ County Road 50 Interchange: Lakeville | $80,500,000 |
Interstate 494 and Future County Road 63 Interchange: Inver Grove Heights (accounts for additional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation)
| $98,000,000
|
Highway 13 Corridor Improvements: Grade Separation at Nicollet Avenue – Burnsville
| $43,000,000 |
Highway 50 and County Road 85/Hogan Avenue Intersection Improvements – New Trier NEW
| $9,070,000
|
Transit Service Expansion Capital and Operating Costs
| Up to $580,000 annually for non-transitway transit service expansion capital and operating costs (based on 2040 Transportation Plan guidance) | $5,400,000
|
Regional Trail Projects
Lake Marion Greenway
| $3,000,000 |
Lebanon Hills Greenway
| $3,750,000 |
Minnesota River Greenway
| $750,000
|
Mississippi River Greenway
| $500,000 |
North Creek Greenway
| $2,000,000 |
River to River Greenway
| $2,000,000 |
Rosemount Greenway
| $1,750,000 |
Vermillion Highlands Greenway
| $2,750,000 |
Vermillion River Greenway
| $750,000 |
Veterans Memorial Greenway
| $1,000,000 |
Big Rivers Regional Trail
| $500,000 |
The total estimated project cost for all categories for 2026-2035 is $762,430,430.