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Steve Jankowski, P.E. <br /> <br />- 13 - <br /> <br />January t4, 2000 <br /> <br />Summary and Conclusions <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey is proposing completion of the development of Section 28 by the year <br />2005. The purpose of this study is to determine the traffic operations impacts to the roadway <br />network associated with two land-use alternatives and the associated internal roadway ~:etwork. <br />This study aisc includes a comparison of the advantages ~.d disadvantages of com~ecting <br />Section 28 wi~ ~e neighborhood st'.ree'~s to the north. Basccl on the analysis, we cl):%r the <br />following cerements and recommendafic?s for your consideration,: .. <br /> <br /> The exisi~ng ?,adway network ~' :-, <br />· curre~tt.~ operates at acceptaLie levels of service. <br /> <br />There i:..: ~-'qv one difference bst,,~,,a the two altematY, vc': Alternative One il':~-;Ldes the <br />4,000 st~Sc:": (!,600 full-time emfiw' ~nt) Anoka-HenneF'c .'~chnical College on ~.2 acres <br />and Alt~.,na:[,.ve Two replaces t~ ~ i. echnic~ college wi< '.0 raillion square f~ t ~ :' ~ight <br />industrim d :':,.c, lopment. <br /> <br />The interse~:icm of Ramsey Boulevard7 -:nd TH 10 is proj¢::~c~ ' ~ operate at LOS F i:: ~.:oti~ 'the <br />a.m. anc~ ,,~ ,-~ak hour in 2005 :¢,- both land use alternam. '~:. However, Altering" -' Two <br />(Light Ym~,,.s:,~al) results in greater J~-~.y at the Ramsey E:,,,~vard and TH 10 into_section <br />than Alte:-~';.~ve One (Technical Col~ ':ge). <br /> <br />· Both ake ..._~,3ves require significa~.: roadway improvem~r*s in order for ali oC.J key <br /> intersecfic::., to operate at acceptable 1.e,.,els of service. <br /> <br />The potem~-i roadway connections bc,~een County Road 22 $ and I49th Street are ~rojected <br />to result ir, :~. increase in traffic vo!ur, es on 149th Street of 275 vehicles per day, ~;-t 5o not <br />impact ~.e ':veI of service at the t:;7 intersections. Futur~, ,Lily traffic volumes w,.u[d be <br />consistent w,~:fi~ guidelines for resid¢~_*~i~! streets, <br /> <br />· The roadway connections will create an alternative route ':vith traffic signal conb~el for <br /> neighborhood traffic attempting to V~m left onto Ramsey Boulevard or Armstrong Boulevard. <br /> <br />KLL/BJT/smf <br /> <br />! <br />I <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br /> I <br />! <br />I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br /> <br />