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<br />!II "" <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />CONSULTING IlNGlNEERS <br /> <br />_ <br /> <br />13'.!& Ener~ Park Drive <br />St.1'IIII, M 551l18-m <br />612-&<<-4389 <br />_hI: 6l~.s<<.S44S <br /> <br />UlMnlParkway, Ste.1ft! <br />lliDoeapelis, M 55441-5451 <br />612.5(5-0432 <br />hI: 612-5.14_ <br /> <br />1/~ <br />--- <br /> <br />October 25, 1993 <br />File: 230-161-70 <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />RE: City/MnDOT Utility Coordination <br /> <br />Dear Council Members: <br /> <br />Over the. last several months, we have been working with MnDOT personnel to pursue any <br />opportunity the City would have to install utilities in conjunction with the MnDOT upgrade <br />of the TH 10/1011169 interchange. Our latest meeting was last Tuesday at MnDOT's Golden <br />Valley office. We met with Mr. Tim Johnson, the TH 101 project manager, and several <br />members of his support staff. IThe main issue we discussed was the final configuration and <br />construction staging for the MnDDOT project relative to the City's desire to include conduits <br />for future sanitary sewer and water facilities for East TH 10 and storm sewer from south of <br />the railroad line to the Mississippi River. The following is a brief summary of the <br />conclusions we reached on each of these issues. <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Sanitary SewerlWater Conduits <br /> <br />There is no opportunity for the City of Elk River to install conduits for future <br />extension of sanitary sewer and watermain to the East IDghway 10 corridor in <br />conjunction with MnDOT's project. The reason for this is MnDOT's policy does not <br />allow conduits through the heart of the clover leaf exit and entrance ramps of any <br />interchange. Utilities crossing the interchange must be routed around the exit and <br />entrance ramps. The MnDOT plan for the trunk highway 10/1011169 interchange <br />does not propose any open cutting of areas outside the immediate interchange. <br />Therefore, if we were to include these conduits in this project, they would have to be <br />jacked. This would not provide for any costs savings since in the future we will have <br />the opportunity to install them by the same method. We are therefore recommending <br />to the City of Elk River that the issue of conduits for future sanitary sewer and water <br />extensions be dropped at this point in time. <br />