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<br />O(~\~N.EISo14 "k Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />~ 9- <br />li ~ <br />\ I District 3 - Transportation <br />4-}-o~ 11\~~c; 3725-12th 81. North Office Tel: 1/800/657- 3961 /320-255-4181 <br />81. Cloud, MN 56303 Fax: 320-255-3257 <br /> <br />July 28, 2006 <br /> <br />Terry Maurer, P.E. <br />Elk River City Engineer <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />P.O. Box 490 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0490 <br /> <br />RE: Trunk Highway 169 (TH 169) Interchange Study - Elk River to Princeton <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Maurer: <br /> <br />Per your request to Dave Montebello at SRF, I am sending background information for <br />the TH 169 Interchange Study from Elk River to Princeton. This packet is intended to <br />provide additional information for the City Council as they deliberate their major financial <br />contribution to this study. The latter portion of this letter includes problem and study <br />purpose statements. A copy of the original study schedule and the original list of <br />deliverables are also enclosed with this letter. Please share these materials with your <br />City Council. <br /> <br />As you share and review these materials, note the following: <br /> <br />· Schedule and deliverable dates will be revised if the Elk River City Council <br />chooses to move forward with this study. <br /> <br />· The schedule includes planned meetings and stakeholder and public <br />involvement opportunities. The study would include participation in a Local <br />Advisory Committee (Le., City Engineer and/or Planner, others may be <br />appointed if needed) that serves as the study steering committee, along with <br />a number of agency and pu blic meetings. <br /> <br />· A portion of the original study, the portion in the Zimmerman area (TH 169 <br />from County State Aid Highway 25/19 to 273rd Avenue), has been underway <br />since March 2006. If the Elk River City Council chooses to move forward <br />with this study, the added portions of the study will need to be brought <br />together with the Zimmerman piece so that the study produces one <br />environmental document for the entire study area. This synthesizing process <br />can be accomplished but will require some additional effort and resources. <br /> <br />The remainder of this letter provides key background information for the TH 169 <br />Interchange Study from Elk River to Princeton. <br /> <br />STUDY PROBLEM STATEMENT <br /> <br />The TH 169 corridor is an important north-south principal arterial route in central <br />Minnesota. This route connects Minnesota's central lakes region with the greater Twin <br />