Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/01/1996

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SITE ACCESS OPTIONS A. Trunk Highway//47 1. Ex/sting Conditions Trunk Highway//47 is au existing two lane, rural sect/on roadway (with no curb and gutter but with gravel shoulders and ditches) running along the east side of the Lord of Life Church campus property. It is functionally classified as a minor arterial roadway meaning that it places a high priority on mobility (moving large volumes of traffic quickly and safely) and a low priority on providing access to abutting properties. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) maintains jurisdictional control of T.H. #47. Generally, T.H. //47 would be rated as being in fair to poor driving condition, deficient in carrying the existing traffic volumes and substandard in its horizontal and vertical design features. Adjacent to the Lord of Life Church property, the west half right-of-way of T.H.//47 is only 33' wide while the east half right-of-way is 80'-90' wide adjacent to the new residential developments. The posted speed et'ong T.H.//47, north of CSAH #5, is 50 miles per hour. o Existing and Proposed Traffic Volumes According to data contained in the "Trunk Highway//47 Access and Corridor Study" prepared for the City of R~m~ey earlier this year, the recorded traffic volumes on T.H. //47 to the north of the County Road//116 intersection were: · 12,800 vehicles per day CVPD) in 1992; and · 14,800 vehicles per day (VPD) in 1994. The projected traffic volumes at that same location were: * 17,900 X/PI) from the 2015 Transplau Base Regional Model; * 19,400 VPD from the 2010 MnDOT Forecast; and · 14,525 VPD from the 2010 Anoka County Transportation Forecast. In general, a travel lane has the capacity to carry about 5000 vehicles per day; therefore, a four lane design would be needed to carry the existing and projected traffic volumes along this portion of T.H.//47. Proposed Improvements and Timing From the "T.H.//47 Access and Corridor Study", the following general summary of needs was identified for the reconstruction and upgrading of T.H. #47: · Develop an organized plan to limit access to only major city street intersections located at a 1/4 mile or greater spacing; · T.H.//47 to provide four (4) through lanes and a median. The final form of T.H.//47 .will be "urban" with curb and gutter and an organ~Tgd stormwater system to minimize environmental impacts; · Each major intersection must be assumed to eventually have signal control; and · Each intersection must have left turn lanes and should also have right turn lanes. In the immediate vicinity of the Lord of Life Church property, major intersections are proposed along T.H. //47 at its intersections with CSAH//5 and with 149th Avenue - a spacing between these major intersections of about 3600' or 0.67 miles. 4