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BACKGROUND .~ m:r... ~:.•. x ~~.;~•: .q ~ ~.n ~~r`v • _ .fit S.].• aY}. •4 tel.'. ~_` .`1. ...r. N~r~~star cor~~mut~r rcri~ firr~irr EXISTING 7RAhSPORTATI01~ Hihvway ~a J~~g is the prir~ary arterial running along tl7e v~estern boundary of t1~e study area, Today the roadv~ray is ~ f~ur~lane, at grade regional highway ar~d has average daily traffic cants ~AaTs~ of r~ear~y ~~,eoo trips per day Currently, the primary access pai~~t to the project area is the signalised intersection at fi~~st avenue. Additional access pnir~ts exist at tuna un~signali~ed intersections at ~~3rd Avenge and ~~~th Avenue and a handful of parcels have rig}~t•in, right~out access or additianai median crossings f or access. `f"~r~rin i.akes Parl~uvay serves as the prirr~ar~r collector for the 1=AST, as traffic from southeast >=1[c River is funneled south to Higf~vlray ~a~~~g to the signal at ~~~st Avenue. The raad~ray has been improved as a f aur~[ane vuith a median frarn fain Street to the transit station, and as a four lane read v~rith no ~~nedian fram the station to Highu~ray ~o~~g, Tl~e raaduvay is anticipated to carry nearly ~axo~a cars per dad i~ tf~e future and extend to the southeast through the study area to Jarvis street ire the southeast Garner of E!k fiver. Tv-~in fakes Parl~wa~f represents the only rail Grassing in tf~e project area, A previous rail Grassing teas located at ~7rd Avenue, but was relacatd to the current location far the Northstar station development, Currently an[~ a small portion of ~~~rd street remains from Highv~ay ~~~~~9 to the rail line and then car~nects south v~rith ~Jlysses street to farm the built internal rand netuvork uvest of the tracks, ~~~th Avenue in tie northeast serves as a cal~eGtar far the residential uses beyond the project area: bringing people to T~+in fakes Park~+ay. The ar~ly private streets e~cist ~~rithir~ ilk River statlar~. ~~~~~~~ Tl~e larthstar commuter rail gill begin operation ~in fali of ~oag~ Currei~tly+ the Northstar cornrnuter bus service operates out of the park ar~d ride facilities v~+l~ich are current[}~ ~inaii~ir~g construction. The rail service is anticipating five dail~+ can7rnuti~~g trains to downto~rn i~inneapa[is with one reverse commute train per day The average trip time f rorn Elk River to downtown Nli~~neapolis is anticipated to be ~~~~8 minutes, l~i`~ The tv~a heavy rail lines are owned and operated by Burlington ~artheri~ ~ sang-fie and operates as a mayor corridor far crass Gauntry raii transport. On averages nearby ~o to 8o trains per day mane through the project area Frith speeds in excess of ~ornpi~. Noise and safet}~ car~cerns ~rvill be significant considerations far land uses adjacent fa the rail line, ~~~~a~d~s ~ ~"~a~~ A limited number of sidevuallts and trails exist v~rithin the project area, Thane trails that have been built ca~r~e ~~ith recent develnprnents such as Ells River Station and the raadv~ay i~~provemes~ts along Twin !.ekes Parkv~ray and ~~~th Avel~ue~ ~`~ v~~ ~ocus~~~ ~r~~ s'ru~y View ~f ~fighway ~o~~bg t~~raug#~ the st~~y c~r~a ~x~stir~g rail ~irr~ ~r~ssin ~t study area