Rep. Phillips Seeks $2.75M For Highway 610 Project In Maple Grove

MAPLE GROVE, MN — Maple Grove could be in line to get millions of dollars in federal funding to put towards the project to connect Highway 610 to County Road 30.

U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips submitted a request for the City of Maple Grove to get $2.75 million to support the project, which is projected to cost about $54 million.

Phillips said the funding will help create a “long-sought Highway 610 corridor” that will “improve regional mobility and roadway safety.”

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Members of Congress can request funding for up to 15 specific projects in their districts that "serve the public good" as part of the appropriations process.

The project, known as the Highway 610 Extension Project, is the final portion of a larger project to connect Interstate 94, County Road 30 and Highway 610.

Plans include a four-lane highway between I-94 and County Road 30, a connection across the interstate to Highway 610, and ramps to I-94 East and from I-94 West to the 610 extension, according to officials.

Highway 610 was built in 1986 between Highway 252 and the junctions Highways 47 and 10, making it the first river crossing between Anoka and Brooklyn Center, officials said. Highway 610 was extended east to Highway 10 in 1999 and to Highway 169 in 2000.

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The Highway 610 project will also complete the unfinished interchange at Highway 610 and Interstate 94, improve traffic capacity along the interstate, and upgrade County Road 30 to “provide reliable and direct access” to I-94 and Highway 610, Phillips said.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has set aside $5 million to complete the I-94/Highway 610 interchange, which the agency says will "improve access to a rapidly developing area."

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Highway 610 in Maple Grove currently connects to I-94 West, but the ramp will also provide access to I-94 East when it is finished.

The extension of Highway 610 would support about 10,000 new and existing jobs within five years, MnDOT said in a news release.

Click here for more information about the Highway 610 Extension Project.

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