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Copart USA Traffic Impact Study Elk River, MN B. EXISTING CONDITIONS 1/14/2020 This parcel lies within the 13 General Industrial zoning district southeast of downtown Elk River. The property has been part of the historic Hammers farmstead. Until recently, this site has served as a storage yard for metal pipes. 1. STREET NETWORK The following list describes the street network within the study area: Jarvis Street NW is functionally classified currently as a "Local Street", according to the Elk River Comprehensive Plan.' It exists as a 24-foot wide, two-lane roadway with a single lane in each direction. There is a six-foot paved shoulder on each side of the roadway. The total paved surface is 36 feet wide. The Comprehensive Plan indicates that Jarvis Street NW will see a change in functional classification to Minor Arteria1.2 Further, an extension of Jarvis Street is proposed north of 165t" Avenue that will connect with Fillmore Street at 175t" Avenue. In addition, Jarvis Street is projected for a change in jurisdictional control from City to County at some point in the future.3 This segment of Jarvis from TH 10 to 165t" Avenue NW has a posted speed limit of 40 mph. No parking signs are posted on both sides of Jarvis Street in this segment. The Minnesota Department of Transportation AADT Twin Cities Metro Map has recorded a 2018 two-way daily traffic volume on Jarvis Street NW of 1,300 veh/day north of TH 10, and a 2017 daily traffic volume of 435 veh/day on Jarvis north of 163rd Avenue NW.4 TH 10 is functionally classified as a "Principal Arterial" through the City of Elk River. At the intersection with Jarvis Street, TH 10 is striped with two through lanes in each direction with left and right turn lanes. There is a 60-foot depressed median between eastbound and westbound lanes. The posted speed limit along TH 10 in this area is 65 mph. The intersection with Jarvis Street is controlled by side -street stop signs. The MnDOT AADT Twin Cities Metro Map lists a 2018 two-way daily traffic volume on TH 10 as 34,000 veh/day west of Jarvis Street.5 1 Figure 6-3 — Existing Functional Classification map, Elk River Comprehensive Plan, City of Elk River, adopted May 19, 2014. z Figure 6-10 — Future Functional Classification map, Elk River Comprehensive Plan. 3 Figure 6-11— Future Network map, Elk River Comprehensive Plan. 4 AADT Twin Cities Metro Map, Minnesota Department of Transportation Data Products, Traffic Forecasting & Analysis website, 2012-2018, http://www.dot.state.mn.us/traffic/data/data-products.html s s AADT Twin Cities Metro Map, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2018. 3 Westwood