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City of <br />Elk -~--, <br />River <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director <br />DATE: October 13, 2008 <br />SUBJECT: Transportation Update <br />As requested, I have prepared the attached transportation update. This update will be <br />presented from highway through county roads, down to local streets. The projects we are <br />working on or aware of are as follows: <br />1. TH 169 Geometric Layout and Environmental Study <br />The TH 169 Geometric Layout and Environmental Study has been prepared in draft <br />form. It has recently been distributed to the Local Advisory Committee (LAC). It will <br />be discussed at an upcoming LAC meeting and then submitted to the Federal Highway <br />Administration for their review and comment. The process of reviewing this document <br />and finally approving it can take several months. After the approval by the Federal <br />Highway Administration, the Geometric Layout will be back to the City Council with <br />MnDOT requesting municipal approval of the final layout. <br />2. TH 10 Geometric and Environmental Study <br />As you are aware, this study is several months behind the TH 169 Study. It is being <br />prepared by the same team of MnDOT staff and consultants. The Geometric Layout is <br />nearing final draft, at which time we will schedule a presentation to the City Council. As <br />you are aware, the direction given to the consultant and MnDOT is to prepare the <br />environmental documentation based on a freeway design, but with an expressway option <br />as an interim step. Once the draft layout is approved, MnDOT's consultant will prepare <br />the environmental documentation, submitting it ultimately to the Federal Highway <br />Administration for approval. After approval, MnDOT will come back to the City <br />Council seeking municipal approval of the final Geometric Layout. This should happen <br />some time in the third quarter of 2009. <br />