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RESOLUTION 02 - 92 A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND SUPPORTING THE TH 101-169 INTERREGIONAL CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS Minnesota's State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance of interregional highway corridorsl in providing citizens and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with high quality access to recreational, educational, employment and health care opportunities, and to the transport of products and services produced by our local economy to regional, national and global markets; and, WHEREAS TH 101-TH 169 had been identified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as a High Priority Interregional Corridor from Rogers to Zimmerman and a Medium Priority Interregional Corridor from Zimmerman to Garrison that enhances the economic vitality of the state and provides essential access for central Minnesota counties and cities to major economic markets and cultural centers including the St. Paul- Minneapolis metropolitan area and, WHEREAS the continued growth of the region is leading to increasing travel demand in the corridor and development pressure adjacent to the corridor which, if unmanaged, can negatively affect the level of performance, safety and congestion experienced by users of the corridor; and, WHEREAS community leaders, motorists and road authorities have identified this growing travel demand and development pressure as a concern with potential negative consequences for mobility and safety in the corridor, with the potential to degrade the performance level now provided by the corridor, and the resulting implications for the economy and quality of life of the region; and, WHEREAS the Minnesota Department of Transportation, recognizing the potential impact of continued growth pressure on the corridor, has completed an Interregional Corridor Management Plan in partnership with its partners along the corridor to look at the long-term role that TH 101-TH 169 corridor will play in meeting the transportation needs of the central region of Minnesota; and, WHEREAS it is imperative at this critical time, with continued growth occurring in the region, that a long-term vision for the type of service that the TH 101- TH 169 Corridor needs to be established and that the steps are identified and initiated to: Preserve the function of the corridor through advance planning, not only for the TH 101-TH 169 corridor but local supporting street systems and land use an development patterns; and, S:\SHRDOC',ADMIN\Resolutions~.002 Resolutions\TH 101-TH 169.doc S/Admin/Resolution/2002/TH 101-TH 169