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COUNTY OF ANOKA Public Services Division HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1440 BUNKER LAKE BLVD, N.W., ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 (612) 862-4200 FAX (612) 862-4201 JON G. OLSON, PE., COUNTY ENGINEER DIRECT DIAL NUMBER (612) 862-4213 April 20, 1999 City of Ramsey 15153 Ramsey Boulevard NW Ramsey, MN. 55303 Attention: Steven J. Jankowski, PE City Engineer Regarding: CR 116 Future Planning Dear Mr. Jankowski: Based on your letter of March 25, 1999, and the FAX you provided me on April 19, 1999 in regards to a future fiver crossing on the approximate half-section line of Section 29 in the City of Ramsey, we have evaluated the probable fight-of-way needs as it concerns Hy-10 Ramsey Second Addition and probable impacts to the west of that addition. The City currently has a utility and drainage easement across that fight-of-way being 120 feet in total width, 60 feet each side of the centerline. This fight-of-way also appears to line up with the recently completed extension of CR 116 to Armstrong Boulevard. Assuming that the centerline of your easement and the centerline of the existing easement east of Armstrong Boulevard are on the same alignment, the 120 foot wide corridor across Hy-10 Ramsey Second Addition should be adequate for road purposes. We would suggest, however, that the City acquire an additional 15 feet of drainage and utility easements outside of the 120 foot corridor making a full 150 foot wide corridor available across that development. From the west line ofHy~10 Ramsey Second Addition, the road then would curve to the south and west to the approximate location of Llama Street NW or a little bit to the west of that alignment and proceed in a southerly direction to the Mississippi River. From the information you provided to me, it again appears as though the fiver crossing would be somewhere in the area of the north- south half-section line of Section 29 in the City of Ramsey. This would make it approximately equal distance to the west-end of 142"d Avenue NW as it is now laid out in Alpaca Estates 3rd Addition and Bowers Drive NW as it laid out in Bowers Mississippi Acres Third Addition. As this road proceeds south and west from the west alignment of Hy-10 Ramsey Second Addition, additional right-of-way should be made available due to the widening necessary to bring CR '116 over TH 10 & the BNSF Railroad widening to about 300 feet as you get close to the BNSF Railroad and TH and 169. I assume that the City is interested in a grade-separated interchange at TH 10 and the Burlington Northern Tracks, and that some type of a ramp configuration would be necessary to make access to TH 10 possible. On the aerial photo enclosed a more easterly East fight-of-way line is shown and a more westerly West right-of-way line is shown. Something in between these lines could work. Heading south from TH 10 the right-of-way also ought to be 300 feet in width. Ramp configurations for TH 10 at the new crossing would require signal Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer