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<br />. MSJ ~ <br /> <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> <br />CiVil ENGINEERING <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAl <br /> <br />MUNICIPAl <br /> <br />PlANNING <br /> <br />STWCTURAI <br /> <br /> <br />e SURVEYING <br /> <br />TRAFFIC <br /> <br />TRANSPORT A TlON <br /> <br />1326 Energy Park Drive <br />St. Paul, MN 55108 <br />612-644-4389 <br />fax: 612-644-9446 <br /> <br />_800 Shelard Parkway <br />Minneapolis, MN 55441 <br />612.546-0432 <br />fax: 612-544-6398 <br /> <br />DU ~ 1Sg3 <br /> <br />December 7, 1993 <br />File: 230-100-30 <br /> <br />Mr. Steve Rohlf <br />Building & Zoning Administrator <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />RE: RDF PLANT TRAFFIC ISSUES <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Rohlf: <br /> <br />As you requested, I have done a brief review of the four traffic issues you raised relative <br />to the RDF plant. Given the short period of time, we have not been able to do any in-depth <br />analysis. However, I will give you my thoughts on each of those issues. They are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />1. TH 101 Traffic Concerns <br /> <br />As we have discussed before, I do not believe that restricting the RDF traffic to <br />specific hours outside of the peak traffic times on TH 101 or restricting the RDF <br />traffic from utilizing TH 101 will make any kind of significant impact on the current <br />traffic conditions on TH 101. I believe that the number of vehicles headed for the <br />RDF plant is minimal at best, compared to the total traffic on TH 101 at any given <br />time. Therefore, it would be my recommendation to not restrict the amount nor the <br />times that RDF traffic may utilize TH 101. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Eastbound TH 10 Left Turn Lane <br /> <br />You had indicated that when more than one tractor-trailer was stopped in the left <br />turn lane waiting to turn eastbound onto 165th, they oftentimes are partially blocking <br />the eastbound through lane of TH 10. In reviewing the plans for the construction <br />of that left turn lane from 1990, the total length is 400 feet plus a taper section of <br />approximately 180 feet. I would assume that these tractor-trailers would fall in a <br />total length of 60 to 80 feet; therefore, at least three to four of these types of <br />vehicles ought to be able to line up and stop in the left turn lane without blocking <br />the through lane on TH 10. Attached to this letter is a copy of Plan Sheet #3 of 4 <br />from the 1990 construction of the improvements at this intersection. This will give <br />you the specific detail on the length of the turn lane in question. <br /> <br />TJM:tp <br />100-0705.dec <br />