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station and travels to downtown Minneapolis eight times each weekday morning and returns in the evening. Mn/DOT reported in October 2002, that average daily ridership was at 60 percent, or 550 passengers. This level of ridership surpasses preliminary projections. · Ramsey Town Center Multimodal Park and Ride Facility--Mn/DOT will open a transit park-and-ride stop in Ramsey on a line from Elk River to Minneapolis within approximately 12 months. This site will serve the Ramsey Town Center until the Northstar Commuter Rail begins operation. At that time, it is planned that a permanent transit park-and-ride stop that would serve the Northstar Commuter Rail line and other forms of transit would be built. Both of these locations are shown on Exhibit 2'. Proposed Ramsey Town Center Site Plan. · Northwest Metro Corridor and River Crossing Study-Mn/DOT, Anoka County, and Hennepin County, are currently studying the possibility of a new Mississippi River crossing between Ramsey and Dayton. The proposed new river crossing would connect to TH 10 just west of Armstrong Boulevard. · CSAH 116-The City of Ramsey and Anoka County are also studying the potential for CSAH 116 to connect with TH 10 southwest of the current CSAH 116 terminus at Armstrong Boulevard. CSAH 116 is an east-west roadway that functions as a reliever to TH 10. Anticipate the Continued Growth of Ramsey and the Surroundin.q Area The Twin Cities Metropolitan Area grew by over 350,000 people from 1990 to 2000- faster than any other decade in the area's history. While the entire area is growing, a large share of the growth is taking place in the northwestern Metropolitan Area- (including in Sherburne County, which borders Anoka County to the west and is one of the three fastest growing counties in Minnesota). Table I reports the population trends for Ramsey. TABLE 1 Ramse¥ Population Trends Year Population 1990 12,408 2O00 18,510 2010 ~recast 25,050 2020 ~recast 32,250 Source: City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan, 2001 Anticipate Increasinq Traffic on TH 10 Traffic volumes on TH 10 within Ramsey increased rapidly between 1990 and 2000 and are expected to grow at least until 2020. The TH 10 CMP concluded that there is currently no reserve capacity on the existing roadway to accommodate additional development in Ramsey. Without additional highway capacity, traffic generated by future development will cause significant peak-hour delays. The traffic volumes RAMSEY TH 10 CORRIDOR AUAR 5