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<br />Potential Future Projects <br />January 31, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the lead in pushing Sherburne County to study this corridor and identify the future right- <br />of- way needs that could be preserved and! or acquired. <br /> <br />7. Corridor Study for School Street Alignment West to Upland Avenue <br /> <br />Another of the corridors that the Transportation Plan identifies as being needed is from <br />School Street at Proctor Avenue westerly to Upland Avenue. This will provide a route <br />for vehicles wanting to go to the northwest, not having to come down to TH 10 and <br />have a short trip on TH 10 over to Upland. Also in the future as the Inter Regional <br />Corridor improvements are undertaken on TH 10, the movement that is currently made <br />to get to the northwestern part of the City may not be possible. This corridor would <br />primarily go through Cretex Companies property. <br /> <br />8. Tyler Street Corridor Study from CSAH 33 to County Road 21 <br /> <br />This is another corridor that the Transportation Plan identifies as being needed. In the <br />future it would provide a north-south route between CSAH 33 and County Road 21, <br />again, to eliminate traffic jumping on TH 169 for short trip. If this corridor were to be <br />identified, it could be likely acquired as this area of the City will be opened up to <br />additional development in the future, according to the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />9. Corridor Study for County Road 21/221st Avenue <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As you are aware, County Road 21 was re-routed down to CSAH 33 as an interim <br />measure when the interchange was constructed at CSAH 33 and TH 169. It has always <br />been anticipated that County Road 21 would ultimately find a route to TH 169 at the <br />intersection of 221st Avenue on the west side of TH 169. At that point, 221st Avenue, <br />which is a City street, could be turned back to the County and a corridor could be <br />identified at the west end (Proctor Avenue) of 221 st Avenue westerly to meet CSAH 33. <br />This is again primarily a Sherburne County issue, but as this portion of the City of Elk <br />River develops in the future, it would be good to identify this corridor and preserve the <br />right-of-way. The City could take the lead in identifying these corridors along with <br />County participation. <br /> <br />10. Corridor Study in Central Elk River to connect CSAH 1 with Tyler Street <br /> <br />This is another corridor that is identified in the Transportation Plan. This is in an area <br />of the City were there a limited number of east-west corridors. The Transportation Plan <br />identified a need for a corridor in the 197th Avenue area that would connect CSAH 1 <br />with Tyler Street. This would also fit well with the Inter Regional Corridor Plan for TH <br />169, which anticipates a half-diamond at the 197m Avenue intersection with TH 169. <br /> <br />11. CSAH 1 (Proctor Avenue) Expansion Just North of TH 10 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Another project that the Transportation Plan identifies as being needed in the future is <br />the expansion of CSAH 1 (Proctor Avenue) just north of TH 10 to a four-lane divided <br />roadway with protected left turns. To expand to this type of street section would <br />certainly require some additional right-of-way acquisition, and would likely entail the <br /> <br />S:\Engineer\01 31 05 Potential future projects.doc <br />