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-Sherbun. County Long Range Transportation Study Group Explores Future Possibilities Montibello said earlier this month. Schwarting says most of their work will be completed earlier, but the Long Range Transportation Plan won't be submitted to commissioners for approval until July. SRF has worked on trans- portation plans for Wright county, Mankato and other mu- nicipalities and counties. As pan of the study, they have projected that the heaviest Transportation to page 5. "Nothing has been set in stone yet," said Schwarting. "We're still listening to the gen- eral public and gaining input. During the Becker To~ship meeting two weeks ago, citizens expressed concern about par- ticular roads being addressed in the long-range plan. They will have the opportunity to voice their opinion at one of the up- coming meetings. The completed plan should be ready in about two months, By Jake Jacobsen '! announced open houses in April. '? Sherburne County Highway As County Commissioners !.Engineer Dave Schwarting said looked into the future through .: they will be scheduling open the crystal ball of their highway · houses at both ends of the road consultants recently, they ~county next month. saw: ~.'. The meetings will be held in A possible service road in ':9 early evening mid-April so Becker running parallel to.~, working people can attend, said Highway 10 in front of the NSP"q Schwartin. g: At the meetings plant connecting Co. Rd 8 to they anticipate gaining more Co. Rd. 11. A collector road in Big pul~lic input and dispelling in- formation they've already gath- Lake, just north of Lake Mitch- ~. e. red. ell connecting Co. Rd. 15 to Co. Rd. 73. An east-west connection in i Elk River between School St. J~ and Co. Rd. 33. to collect traf- .~: hc from new northern develop- ments directed toward schools and downtown. There may also be a north~ south road running parallel to ?' tt~3,. 169 in Elk River as a wid- ened extension of Co. Rd 13, which is just east of H~3,. 169. '. These were all concepts that were presented by Dave Monte-: belle of SRF Consulting Group of Minneapolis and his staff Wednesday afternoon. SRF has been hired by the Sherburne County Highway De- partment to prepare a trans- portation plan. Cost for their services is $65,000, $30,000 of~ which is being paid by the Min-.4 nesota Department of Trans-i portation (MNDot). 7.~ . The consultants began theirs,' :malysis last August and hope to have a presentation read), for., "Sherburne County Commissioners review pending County Transportation Plan. (Left- Right) the public at yct-to-bc- R~y Fried/, Terry Nagorski, Betsey Wergin, Arne Engstrom and Mike Johnson. . .. Transportation from page 1. traveled traffic 'roads will be Highxvays 10 and 169. Northbound County Road 25 in Becket, County Road 5 'in Big Lake and Co. Rd. I in Elk · River are described as minor ar- terial routes. They are all proj- ected to become major traffic routes. Before the study is com-' pleted, SRF plans to meet with the various school representa- 'fives to gather their thoughts about traffic patterns. Another important factor is the sharing'of jurisdictions, which means a coordinated ef- fort to have the various state, county, city and township gov- ernments be responsible for maintenance. In some instances there could be egchanges of owner- ship of roads between the juris- dictions. Promoting road continuity between counties is anofl~er concern to be addressed. Controlling traffic growth, safety and understanding by the public are all important aspects .of the plan, said County Admin-