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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 MEMORANDUM TO: City Managers, City Clerks, Township Boards, Public Works Directors, City Engineers, County Engineers FROM//~Jon G. Olson, PE /~ Anoka County Engineer RE: 1999 - 2003 Five-Year Highway Improvement Plans June 16, 1998 Please find enclosed, a copy of the 1999 - 2003 Five-Year Highway Improvement Plan for the Anoka County Highway Department. This plan was accepted by the County Board on May 26, 1998. The plan also shows the 1998 component of the Highway Budget for informational purposes. Some of the work included in the 1998 component of the plan is already underway, althohgh some of the work will most probably be held over until 1999. The plan also includes a detailed listing for improvements to the Anoka County Highway System scheduled for the years 1999 thru 2003. This document is to be used only as a planning document and is not a commitment on the part of Anoka County to fund projects in the year shown in the plan. No project is funded in the Anoka County System until the budget is approved by the Anoka County Board in the December of the year proceeding any budget cycle. For example, the 1999 component of this plan will not be approved until December of 1998. However, the Five-Year Plan does give direction as to which projects should be pursued through the environmental, design, and right-of-way processes so that they can be constructed in the year budgeted. Again this year, the plan has a significant maintenance component and includes approximately $2 million dollars on an annual basis for overlays, cold inplace recycling, and crack sealing. The 1998 component of maintenance is included on Pages 8 - 11. Again this year, Pages 12 - 18 depict roadway segments that in all probability will not be improved during the next 20 years. This list is reviewed annually because development pressures do change as do the needs of the transportation system. These roadways have been assigned a project year of 2049 and are intended to be roadways which will be maintained in or near their current condition for the next 20 years. The second part of the document, which begins on Page 19, highlights reconstruction projects. The County Board has included in the summary of finances at the bottom of each annual project listing, two bond sales; one for approximately $5.6 million dollars in late 1998 or early 1999, and one for approximately $7.6 million dollars in 2001. These bond sales will allow the County to address several critical roadways throughout the County including Bunker Lake Boulevard, Main Street, Radisson Road, Lexington Avenue as well as several intersection or interchange projects including Main Street at TH 10 and 1-35 W; County State Aid Highway Number 5 at TH 47; County State Aid Highway Number 78 at TH 10; County State Aid Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer