2040 Comprehensive Plan: Envision Shakopee

Transportation infrastructure is a key element of a vibrant, functioning community. As a Twin Cities suburb, the automobile is a critical component of Shakopee’s transportation system. However, after decades of designing transportation infrastructure primarily for automobiles, both at the regional and local level, Shakopee’s transportation system has left other modes of travel behind. Shakopee and Scott County continue to grow, and our ability to build our way out of regional congestion is more limited than it once was. Demand for transportation options such as regional transit will continue to grow. Shakopee’s long-term success as a community to live, work and conduct business will be heavily influenced by the quality of its transportation system. It will be critical for the residents of Shakopee to have safe, efficient and convenient options from which to choose when travelling around their community as well as between Shakopee and the rest of the Twin Cities.

TRANSPORTATION