7.6. SR 4-15-2002 - Laserfiche WebLink

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(Insert City. County, Township, etc. name) RESOLUTION NO. ACCEPTING, SUPPORTING, AND ADOPTING THE TH 10 INTERREGIONAL CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, Minnesota's State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance ofimerregional highway corridors in providing citizens and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with high quality access to recreational, educational, to the transport of products and services produced by and global markets; and, WHF. REAS, the TH 10 Interregional Corridor of Transportation as a High Priorit) Corridor from TH !69 to TH 24 providing essential access for Counties to major economic metropolitan area; and, WHEREAS, thc continued corridor which, congestion experienced health care opportunities, and [.economy to regional, national, by the Minnesota DeparUnent ~ to TH 169 and as a Medium Priority the economic vitality of the state in Sherburne, Anoka, and Ramsey including the ]Wanneapolis-St. Paul leading to increasing travel demand in the affect the level of performance, safety, and corridor; and, WHF. REAS, community leaders, motorists, and road authorities have identified this growing travel demand and development pressure as a cone, em 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 Tran.~portation, reco~nizing the potential impact of continued growth pressure on the corridor, has completed an Interregional Corridor Plan in partnership with its parmers along the corridor to look at the long-term role that the TH 10 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 ocamrring in the region, that a long-term vision for the type of service that the TH 10 Corridor needs to provide be established and that the steps are identified and initiated to: 1. Preserve the fimcfion of the corridor through the advance planning, not only for the TH 10 Corridor but for the local supporting street systems and land use and development patterns; and, 2. Secure the needed funding to pursue the vision established for the corridor; and, 3. Establish a plan of action for the development ofp{anning and programming activities that ~ proactively address the needs identified. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the (insert City, County, Township, etc of endorses the vision and corridor management plan for the TH 10 Corridor.