The Pioneer Trail-Hwy 169 intersection is open. This is the view of it eastbound on Pioneer Trail just as I am approaching the Walgreens’ store:
Sure, there a few details left to complete, but the roadway is open and you can access all four legs of the intersection now.
Next up: You can all ready see the earth movers and the earth being moved at the Anderson Lakes Parkway-Hwy 169 intersection. In early 2005 MnDOT will close down that intersection for most of 2005 to do the same thing they just completed at Pioneer Trail. When completed, it will be a limited access freeway interchange.
As you may have heard, the Hwy 169-Interstate 494 project has been pushed back a year. Nevertheless, even pushed back one year, it’s still more than ten years ahead of the schedule we anticipated in 2003. So, while we wish it could go forward as soon as possible, we’ll just have to wait until more federal funds are available and then it’ll get started. In any event, it is still scheduled to be completed before the end of this decade, and not the next one.
These three projects on our border with Bloomington will make it easier for citizens to the south of Eden Prairie to flow through our community, as well as improving our access to the state’s surface transportation network. And that’s good for our citizens and businesses alike.
