3. CCSR-HRSR 09-04-2012 SPEC JOINT (2)

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Transportation and Infrastructure priority" highway,whereas Highway 10 is rated"medium priority". Railroad On October 14, 2002,the Elk River City Council adopted The railroad has right-of-way moving approximately 77 trains per Resolution 02-93 "Accepting, Supporting and Adopting the TH day through the area on two sets of tracks. The line carries 10 Interregional Corridor Management Plan". passenger and freight trains. A major pivot point in the 2006 Task Force discussions involved Vehicle and pedestrian crossing concerns may be alleviated if the Highway 10 routing through the study area. These Railroad Drive,which runs adjacent to the railroad,is removed as discussions, and the impact they had on the plan,led the City a frontage road eliminating close access to Highway 10. Council to table the process until the Highway 10 plan could be developed. Through their discussions,the Task Force developed U.S. Highway I 0 a number of scenarios and sketches to visually understand the design implications Highway 10 improvements. These sketches 2003-2023 Statewide Transportation Plan are included in the appendix as they are important to the history No improvements are planned for Highway 10 through the of the planning process, and provide valuable information to the downtown area for many years, according to the Minnesota user in understanding the changes that are coming. Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) 2003-2023 Statewide Transportation Plan. Future Highway 10 Issues In 2008,MnDOT finalized a plan for improvements to Highway Interregional Corridor Management Plan 10 as it routes through the study area, submitting it to the Federal MnDOT completed several Interregional Corridor Management Highway Administration for their review. This plan was prepared Plans in 2001 and early 2002, one of which included the stretch through the collaborative efforts of MnDOT, Sherburne County, of Highway 10 from approximately Highway 101 to Proctor the City of Elk River,and many others. Avenue. The results of the Plan suggested that even if a$21 million (2001 dollars) investment is spent on elevating Highway The proposed Highway 10 improvements represent a significant 10 through downtown, the level of service will not be improved change to the downtown area, and a major impetus for this from an"F"rating in peak times. planning project. In summary, the plan shows Highway 10 evolving into a freeway through the study area. To accommodate If funding were to become available to MnDOT District 3, the the necessary speeds and capacity, the main line will shift to the district in which Elk River is located,MnDOT would most likely north,requiring the Burlington Northern, Santa Fe rail line to fund improvements to Highway 169 in Elk River as opposed to shift to the north,in the area of present day railroad drive. Highway 10 since MnDOT rates Highway 169 as a"high Access to the study area from Highway 10 will be via interchanges at Proctor and south of Main street,with the Dras of September 4, 2012 -Part I,page 30 - _