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.;.:.:.:..;.:..'....;.::....:...:./...::;..: :::::::;::::::/::::.:::;::.:/::::::,~:~::::: : .......i.............................~m~~~..~~pitlg.BooJdet June 1999 TRACkiNG TRANSpORTATioN ISSUES iN TilE NORTllsTAR CORRidoR The Northstar Corridor study area ('an be d"scrib(~d as a long, narrow 7()-mil(~ transportatjon.eorridor Ihal (~xlends from downtown Minneapolis to Ihe Sl. Cloud area alon/.drrtl,\~ Highway ('I'll) 10/47 and the Burlingt~nNorthern Santa F,~(BNSF) railroad. The~tlJ(lyarea is bordered hy the Mississippi'm~~~r o,n tlwwest and extends approximat~:ly3Jo'5iT1iJi;s 10 the east of '1'1 l1ON7) Tht~IH'QPosed corridor would conn,~d to the plarih~d Hiawatha Light Hail Ansit (I,HT)C()HiddK:..lfa lll.ult.'I-lllodal Wion in downli,wn Mi~neapolil.;. The Twin Cities metrdpi,JHanaJ'ca has a population of approxim~tt~IJ2;* milliim and the Sl. Cloud melropolitanhf~~hasa population of 100,000. Both areas~\e ....... ... regional c,~nh~rs of commerce, emplo)irry?rit; education and health care, The area between Sl. Cloud and Minneapolis is the fastest growing region in the State of Minnesota, and the third fastest in the nation. The Corridor has regional, statewide, and national significance as a primary transportation route for automo- bile, truek, and rail travel. The Nortbstar Corridor Development Authority (NCDA), the project sponsor, wants to plan now for the transportation needs of the future. Tracking the population - By 2020: InCTea~t'. . '1'111' St. Cloull an'a will add appmximatdy .J,<),()()() 1'1'01'1.', a ,t.')'X, incr..a~e, . Slwrhurrw County i~ I~XIIt't'tml to have a 72% ilwrt'a~t', Ilw City of Bt'ckc~r a '~()2'Y., ina..a~.. and th.. City of Elk Hiver a 232 % i IItTt'a~e. Tracking the Employment Issues · Th.. Iwo major employment centers in the eorridor ;In~ Ihe Twin Citie~ and St. Cloud. Although tlw Twin Citil~~ is tlw major employment eenter for tile eorridor, ae"oreling to till' Minne~ola Department of Eeonomie Sec,urity, the greale~t percent- age of employment growth ha~ oeeurred in Sherhurne and Stearns Countil'~' . ., ~.. A eommuler ~urVt'y taken in 1990 indieat- eel that 'J.O% of Elk Hiver re~ielents eom- .....................}....... mute to tIle Twin Citil~s ."itittiariking the Transportation Issues: :: : '~'''.: A.k.9..f!.r......,h~...BP.9kl.~.r~ Designed to help guide the fi I" '" orma scopmg process a1/(1 meetings required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this booklet out- lines the Northstar Corridor project, its purpose and schedule and describes the alternatives to be evaluated in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). A list of "scoping" meetings i,~ located on the back of this booklet. Look for the ways that YOU CAlVo BE INVOLVED in the Public Involvement section.