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is Minnesota Department of Transportation os i District 3 °F";' 3725 12th St. N. Tel: 612/255-4181 • P.O. Box 370 �1 Fax: 612/255-3257 St. Cloud, MN 56302 1�� Toll Free: 1/800/657-3961 July 14, 1997 Steve Ach City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 Re: Guardian Angels Development Near Joplin Street an Amoco food Shop Near 197th Avenue NW Dear Steve: During our tour of Elk River on July 2nd you had requested Mn/DOT input on transportation issues related to the abA e referenced proposed developments. Following is our input on the • plans developed to date for the developments. Guardian Angels Development - The plan as currently drawn shows an access to Hudson Street, as well as an access to Joplin Street. In the corridor plan developed for TH 10, emphasis was placed on developing an expressway design, where access to and from TH 10 would only occur at signalized intersections.'This plan was developed to ensure that traffic entering and exiting TH 10 would do so at locations which provided the greatest amount of safety. Considerable resources have been used to develop Joplin Street into one of those signalized intersections. In addition to proposing a system of signalized intersections, the corridor plan also recommended closing access locations which would not be signalized. Closing of unsignalized access locations will be necessary to efficiently and safely move traffic on TH 10 as the traffic volumes grow. Although the plan recognized that not all unsignalized accesses could be closed immediately, due to existing uses of the accesses, the study did recommend that future land use decisions minimize the use of the unsignalized access points. The access at Hudson Street was specifically addressed in the corridor study on page 11 as follows: "East of Joplin Street, access openings will remain at Hudson Street and Gary Street. Closure of these-access points may be difficult in the near future because it would be difficult to provide alternate access to the north side of TH 10. Future land use decisions, however, should be made with the intent of minimizing the use of these accesses and • eventually closing them when possible." An equal opportunity employer