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<br />MS,~ <br /> <br />CO!SrL me &!GlNEERS <br /> <br />1326 Energy Park Dri.. <br />SI. Peul, MN 55108 <br />612.644-4389 <br />1-80D-888.2923 <br />Fex: 612.644-9446 <br /> <br />CIVil ENGINEERING <br />ENVIRONMENTAL <br />MUNICIPAL <br />PLANNING <br />SOLID WASTE <br />STRUCTURAL <br />SURVEYING <br />TRAFFIC <br />TRANSPORTATION <br /> <br />ELECTRICAl/MECHANICAL <br />ENGINEERING <br /> <br />HVA( <br />POWER DISTRIBUTION <br /> <br />SCADA <br />SYSTEM CONTROLS <br /> <br />OFFICES IN: <br /> <br />MINNEAPOLIS <br />PRIOR LAKE <br /> <br />ST. PAUL <br /> <br />WASECA <br /> <br />May 7, 1997 <br />File: 230-367-80 <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />P.O. Box 490 <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />RE: THIRD STREET/GATES AVENUE <br />4-WAY STOP SIGN STUDY <br /> <br />Dear Council Members: <br /> <br />Per your request on April 7, 1997, an analysis was done to determine if a 4-way stop is <br />warranted at the intersection of Gates Avenue and Third Street (see Exhibit A). There are <br />currently stop signs for both eastbound and westbound Third Street. Traffic counts were <br />taken from April 22 to April 24 for all approaches of the intersection. A 48-hour count was <br />taken, with volumes recorded every 15 minutes. A summary of those counts is found in <br />Appendix A. Accident records were also obtained and are found in Appendix B. The <br />warrants for installation of multi-way stop signs, found in the Minnesota Manual of Uniform <br />Traffic Control Devices, were then used to determine whether or not a recommendation should <br />be made to install stop signs for northbound and southbound traffic on Gates Avenue. <br /> <br />The warrants for multi-way stop signs, and the degree to which they are met at this <br />intersection, are as follows: <br /> <br />1. Where traffic signals are warranted and urgently needed, the multi-way stop is <br />an interim measure that can be installed quickly to control traffic while <br />arrangements are being made for the signal installation. <br /> <br />A traffic signal is neither warranted nor urgently needed at this intersection. <br />Therefore, this warrant is not met. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />An accident problem, as indicated by five or more reported accidents in a 12- <br />month period, of a type that could be correctable by a multi-way stop installation. <br />Such accidents include right and left turn collisions, as well as right angle <br />collisions. <br /> <br />One accident was reported at this intersection in 1992, two in 1993, three in 1994, two <br />in 1995, and two in 1996. Therefore, this warrant is not met. <br /> <br />3. Minimum traffic volumes: <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />The total vehicular volume entering the intersection from all apptoaches <br />must average at least 500 vehicles per hour for any eight hours of an <br />average day, and <br /> <br />An Equal Opp~rtunity Employer <br />