In the next few minutes, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith and transportation commissioner Charlie Zelle will share Gov. Mark Dayton's plan for addressing the congestion problems at the interchange of I-494 and I-35W. Today, no problems at what has been deemed the 17th worst interchange in the country.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 21 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 21 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 16 minutes. Eastbound is 12 minutes.
West metro