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 new 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: 2024-2034 – Draft
Transportation Maintenance Facilities
| Empire Maintenance Facility
NEW | $25,000,000 |
County Road Projects
| County Road 46 Expansion: Highway 3 to Highway 52 — Rosemount, Coates, and Empire | $43,000,000 |
| County Road 46 Reconstruction: 1,000 feet west of Pleasant Drive to Highway 61—Hastings | $14,600,000 |
| County Road 32 Expansion: County Road 71 to Highway 52 – Inver Grove Heights | $18,900,000 |
| County Road Management improvements: Western County line to Highway 52 – Burnsville, Apple Valley and Rosemount | $32,000,000 |
| County Road 86 Reconstruction: Western county line to Highway 3 – Greenvale, Eureka, and Castle Rock Townships | $22,000,000 |
| County Road 88 Reconstruction: County Road 94 to Highway 56—Randolph Township | $8,000,000 |
| County Road 88 Reconstruction: Highway 56 to Finch Court—Randolph Township | $8,400,000 |
| County Road 91 Reconstruction: Miesville Trail to Highway 61—Miesville, Douglas Township | $6,090,000 |
| County Road 54 Reconstruction: Hastings east city limits to County Road 68 – Ravenna Township | $40,000,000 |
| County Road 31 Reconstruction: County Road 74 to County Road 50 – Farmington
NEW | $8,600,000 |
| County Road 47 Reconstruction: Highway 3 to County Road 86 – Waterford, Sciota, and Castle Rock Townships
NEW | $16,700,000 |
| County Road 47 Reconstruction: County Road 86 to Highway 50 – Castle Rock and Hampton townships and Hampton
NEW | $14,500,000 |
| County Road 60 Expansion: east of County Road 50 to Ipava Avenue – Lakeville
NEW | $10,200,000 |
| County Road 74 Reconstruction: County Road 31 to Honeysuckle Lane – Farmington
NEW | $4,200,000 |
Trunk Highway Projects
| Highway 3 Safety and Mobility Improvements: 55th Street to Highway 55—Inver Grove Heights | $24,000,000 |
| Highway 3 Safety and Mobility Improvements: Highway 149 to downtown Rosemount—Eagan, Inver Grove Heights and Rosemount | $42,000,000 |
| 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 | $63,000,000 |
| Interstate 494 and Future County Road 63 Interchange: Inver Grove Heights | $75,000,000
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| Highway 55 and County Road 28 interchange: Inver Grove Heights | $50,000,000 |
| Highway 13 Corridor Improvements: Grade Separation at Nicollet Avenue – Burnsville | $43,000,000 |
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) | $5,405,000
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Regional Trail Projects
| Lake Marion Greenway
NEW | $1,600,000 |
| Lebanon Hills Greenway
NEW | $3,650,000 |
| Minnesota River Greenway
NEW | $2,600,000 |
| Mississippi River Greenway
NEW | $500,000 |
| North Creek Greenway
NEW | $1,500,000 |
| River to River Greenway
NEW | $2,650,000 |
| Rosemount Greenway
NEW | $1,150,000 |
| Vermillion Highlands Greenway
NEW | $2,750,000 |
| Vermillion River Greenway
NEW | $800,000 |
| Veterans Memorial Greenway
NEW | $1,000,000 |
| Big Rivers Regional Trail
NEW | $500,000 |
Total for all projects is $641,295,000.