This Minnesota Senate bill (S.F. No. 2459) relates to capital investment and authorizes funding for a segment of the Merriam Junction Regional Trail in Scott County. It appropriates $7,300,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to Scott County. The funds will be used to acquire property or property interests, as well as to predesign, design, and construct approximately 4.3 miles of the Louisville Segment of the trail. This stretch will run from the Louisville Swamp Trailhead in Louisville Township to the Big Woods Trail in Shakopee.

To fund this project, the bill authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds up to $7,300,000, as prescribed by Minnesota statutes and the state constitution.