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Project Understanding, Page 2 <br />Project Understanding - Section 2 <br />The City of Elk River intends to retain a professional <br />consulting firm to provide professional engineering <br />services needed to successfully implement the design and <br />construction of the Twin Lakes Road extension/expansion <br />from US Highway 10/169 to the BNSF Railroad crossing of <br />171st Avenue and the Yale Street/Future Road extension <br />from 500 feet south of 167th Avenue to 171st Avenue. <br />Construction is expected to begin in March 2022. <br />This project will be federal, state and locally funded. <br />Special assessments needs will be reviewed and identified <br />through the design process. <br />Highway 10 Intersection with Twin Lakes Road <br />Ultimately, a interchange will be constructed at the intersection of Twin Lakes Road and Highway 10. In <br />the interim, a high capacity intersection will be constructed with this project to safely accommodate traffic <br />until such time that the interchange is constructed. <br />This project may include the preliminary design of the future interchange. Roadway alignments and <br />elevations will be designed with this project to accommodate a future interchange with minimal impacts. <br />Roadway tie-in points will be evaluated and determined, utility alignments and depths will be considered, <br />and right-of-way limits will be identified to accommodate the ultimate design. <br />This project will include improvements to Highway 10, which could include traffic signals and turn lanes. <br />The type of intersection will be guided by the design process upon completion of the traffic and corridor <br />analysis. The intersection must function well in the interim to deliver safe and efficient access to the <br />motoring public. <br />Twin Lakes Road Extension <br />A portion of Twin Lakes Road was constructed in 2012 and 2014 to serve the Nature’s Edge Business <br />Park. The portion that was constructed will remain as the northbound lanes, and this project will construct <br />new southbound lanes in the existing right-of-way. Further, Twin Lakes Road will be extended to the <br />south to the new intersection at Highway 10 and will be extended and re-aligned to the north to the BNSF <br />Railroad Crossing. A portion of 171st Avenue will be realigned to form a new intersection with the Twin <br />Lakes Road revised alignment. <br />Yale Street Extension <br />Yale Street will be reconstructed and realigned from 171st Avenue southerly to the new intersection at <br />Highway 10. Sanitary Sewer, watermain, and storm drainage facilities will be extended in the new <br />alignment and a watermain loop to the Nature’s Edge Business Park will be constructed. The alignment <br />and depth of the new utilities will be evaluated against the future impacts of the ultimate interchange. <br />There are several property owners and/or business operators that will be impacted by this new alignment. <br />The consultant will identify the right-of-way needs during the design process and communicate with the <br />property owners and business operators early and often to successfully implement this project.