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Alternative Strategies to Achieve the Vision <br /> <br />Key Findings <br /> <br />· The speed and safety performance goals stated in the corridor vision cannot he <br /> achieved without highway capacity improvements. <br /> <br />· The speed performance goals stated in the corridor vision can be achieved by <br /> improving the highway to a freeway from Rogers through Elk River. <br /> <br />· The safety performance goal stated in the corridor vision can be most readily <br /> achieved by eliminating signalized intersections and by addressing crash problems <br /> at other selected intersections. <br /> <br />· Proper management of TH 169 as a four-lane expressway between Princeton <br /> and Onamia is sufficient to achieve the speed goals staled in the corridor vision. <br /> <br />· Upgrading TH 169 to a four-lane rural expressway hetwsen Ooamta and <br /> Garrison is necessary to achieve the safety and speed objectives stated in <br /> the corridor vision. <br /> <br /> Alternative Strategies to Achieve the Vision <br /> <br />Overall Corridor Performance with 4-Lane Freeway through Elk River <br /> <br /> Overall ccxTIdo~' apeed <br /> ff 4-lane freeway through <br /> Elk RI~ ~llt by 2015. <br /> / <br /> <br /> / Target Speed <br /> '~ / (High priority IRC) <br /> <br />~ ~ I1 <br />1 ,s ~ overm~ cm'r~dor ~peed <br /> ~ ff ElS Improvemef~ta from <br /> · ~ ~.~...~bum by 2OlO. <br /> completed. <br /> <br /> ;,'~:~'; ~,,*., ~; ~ I O 2015 20 ,~ ?3?5 <br /> Year <br /> <br /> <br />