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717 <br /> it <br /> Sherdurne Coun ci. <br /> NZhway e artment c ,a... .an. <br /> samminnura P.O. BOX 338 • ELK RIVER,MN 55330 • PHONE(612)441-1722 • FAX(612)441-2264 <br /> February 15, 1996 <br /> Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br /> City Of Elk River <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway <br /> POBox 490 <br /> Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> RE: Transportation Plan -East/West Corridor <br /> Pat: <br /> On behalf of the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners, I am writing to clarifyourposition <br /> concerning the above. I explained to the County Board at our meeting on February 3th, 996 my <br /> recommendation for addressing concerns about the above corridor. <br /> In my opinion, there is extensive justification to preserve existing Right-of-Way to allow for the <br /> III <br /> safest possible roadway configuration to move people and services in and out of the west central <br /> area of the City of Elk River. This is mainly due to the potential for development and the limited <br /> number of accesses to major roads such as T.H. 10 and T.H. 169. Alternate collector roads must <br /> be provided to service this developing area. Unless additional local and collector corridors are <br /> provided major traffic problems will develop on existing roadways that will demand even more <br /> serious impacts on residents adjacent to these corridors. Connecting County Road 32 with a 2-lane <br /> road to T.H. 169 is being considered in our Transportation Plan. Additional connections must be <br /> developed to T.H. 10 due to the traffic already on County Road 44. <br /> The data we have gathered to date does not support the justification for designation of a direct route <br /> from T.H. 10 (Big Lake Township) to T.H. 169. We will continue to include the study of the <br /> feasibility of this type of connection as more data is analyzed during the course of the Sherburne <br /> County Transportation Plan. <br /> The data collection phase of the Sherburne County Transportation Plan should be completed b <br /> March of this year. There have been set backs due to key personnel leaving the consulting firm <br /> facilitating the Sherburne County Transportation Plan, OSM, Inc. We appreciate your cooperation <br /> in this effort and look forward to developing the tools we need through this Plan to make the best <br /> possible decisions with the Citizens of Sherburne County. It is essential that the Cit & Coun <br /> work closely together in this planning effort. Y ty <br /> Sincerely, <br /> 009-0 /-t / <br /> - IP,/ <br /> Dave Schwarting <br /> 0 County Engineer <br />