TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA

MANY OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF JOINT DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA RELATE TO URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS IN BOTH THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL. A VARIETY OF ACHIEVEMENTS HAS RESULTED FROM JOINT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. A LARGE GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL PROJECT IN THE ST PAUL AREA IS DESCRIBED THAT CONSISTED OF A SERIES OR RENEWAL ACTIVITIES ACCOMPLISHED OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. A PROBLEM AROSE BETWEEN THE RENEWAL PROGRAM AND THE LOCATION OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS OF TIMING THE ACQUISITION AND CLEARING OF LAND FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE ULTIMATE LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FREEWAY, THE CITY AND THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT COULD NOT REACH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT. AS A RESULT, THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT HAD TO BE REDUCED IN SIZE AND THE PORTION OF THE AREA WITHIN THE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS DELETED. THE BLIGHTED AREA CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND ULTIMATELY AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES. A KEY FEATURE IN THE DESIGN OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND THE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACTIVE VISTAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE CAPITOL AREA AS SEEN FROM THE HIGHWAYS. THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE TWIN-CITIES AREA WAS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AS THE REVIEWING AGENCY FOR ANY PROGRAM REQUIRING REGIONAL REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE AGENCY ALSO HAS REVIEWED FUNCTIONS AND THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND PLANS OF MULTI-PURPOSE SPECIAL DISTRICTS WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GUIDE FOR THE GENERAL METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT.

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  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr104/sr104-008.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Jorvig, Robert T
• Conference:
  • Joint development and multiple use of transportation rights-of-way, Conference, 1968, Washington, DC, USA
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 59-67
• Monograph Title: Joint development and multiple use of transportation rights-of-way; proceedings of a conference held November 14-15, 1968, Washington, DC
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 104
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Highways; Joint development; Location; Multiple use; Property acquisition; Right of way (Land); Transportation planning; Urban renewal; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location
• Geographic Terms: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minnesota)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201670
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 25 1994 12:00AM