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Page 1 of2 Maurer, Terry From: KEITH ERNST [keith_ernst@msn.com] Sent: Friday, February 17, 20066:08 AM To: Maurer, Terry; mayorer@aol.com; shortshots17@aol.com; jwgump@yahoo.com; farbers5@msn.com; pmotin@aol.com Subject: 193rd Ave Corridor Feedback Terry Maurer 1 Elk River City Council, Please consider my feedback (below) when making decisions on the 193rd corridor project. Summary Though I would agree there are very limited east/west routes connecting the east Elk River developments with Highway 169, I am not in favor ofa 193rd Ave Corridor. I don't believe the 193rd Ave route being proposed would address the east Elk River traffic issue. Even with the corridor being proposed, the majority of the additional east Elk River traffic will still travel Highway 13 to Main St to get on Highway 169. Thus, investment in a new highway could get more benefit elsewhere. Recommendation Investments in east Elk River roadways should be put into a north/south route (i.e. Cty 40) for the new developments. To truly minimize issues with traffic from the east into Elk River, traffic should be routed south to Highway 10. By human nature, traffic will not go northwest to get to the suburbs (southeast) (which would bethe case with a 193rd Ave corridor}. However, commuters will go south, then west on Highway 10, to get to Highway 169/101 (by going south first they will be making progress toward the suburbs). In addition, by investing in a north/south route for east Elk River traffic, it will be a good step in preparation for a potential Mississippi river crossing in Dayton (and it would demonstrate good vision and long-term planning). Justification: > It's not a good plan to route all of the new development traffic into Elk River from the east and then south through Elk River on 169. Why add more unnecessary traffic to an already congested section of 169. > Send the traffic south to Highway 10. It can then go east through Ramsey/Anoka or west to Highway 101/169. This would help avoid unnecessary through-traffic in Elk River. (They would still have a route into Elk River on Cty 13 if their destination was Elk River.) > Would help entice more home buyers to the east Elk River area as they would have a good route to the suburbs and wouldn't have to go northwest to get southeast. > Would be good planning for the future as there may be anpther south route across the Mississippi in Ramsey/Dayton some day. This route would feed well to such a crossing. 193rd Ave Corridor If a decision is still made to move forward with the 193rd Ave Corridor, I would recommend bringing it through to Tyler St and directing traffic south on Tyler to Highway 13. Justification: > Will address the current 197th Ave residential traffic issue by providing an east-west 2/21/2006