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01:58PM CITY OF AHOKA P.E ~ VADNAI$ CENTER DRIVE, ~,00 SEH CENTER, ST, PAUL, MN 55110 ARCHITECTURE , ENGINEERING · ENVIRONMENTAL 612 490.Z,000 800 $25-~355 TRANSPORTATION May 10, 1995 Anoka, Minnesota Highway 10/Thu.rs~on Avenue Intersection Traffic Signal SEH No. A-ANOKA9502.00 Mr. Ray Schultz PubLic Works IMrector City Of Anoka 20tS!First Avenue North Anoka, MN 55303-2270 De.~_ Ray: Thisiis a follow up to our meeting held at Mn/DOT on May $, 1995 to discuss the intersection of Highway 10 and Thurstcrn Avenue and Mn/DOT's proposed traffic signal project along l-[ighway 10. We met with the following people: Beverly Farraher, Metro Division Signal Design Engineer Sue ScharenbroJch, Metro Division Assistant Traffic Engineer Mike Schadegg, Metzo Division Signal Operations Engiz~er Tom O'Keefe, Prelin'dnary Design Engineer Mn/DOT has expressed concern over the safety of I-L~ghway 10, the movement of traffic along the corridor and the maintenance of existing traffic signal equipment. As a result, they have proposed recOnStruction of sigrmls at Thurston Avenue and at Fair Oaks Avenue and interconnection of those two,signals with two others in the City of Ramsey. At dur meeting with Mn/DOT, w.e discussed the Enterprise Park Traffic Study. We provided inf, o~ation regarding the concern over tl~ volumes of traffic generated in and around Enterprise Park and the volumes using the Highway l0 and Thurston Avenue intersection. We proposed development of exclusive southbound dual left turn lanes and development of a separate thru lane. Cu~ently, Mn/DOT had proposed to remark southbound Thurston Avenue to place traffic into a single lane and then establish a left turn lane, a combination left turn and thru lane, a thru lane and a free flowing right lane originating in ~e thru lane at the Highway 10 intersection. The plm sheets they provided show the proposal better than can be described in words. We-discussed a number of concerns including the volumes forecasted fo~ Highway 10 if an additional Missi.~sippi River crossing between Anoka and F. lk Rive~ is not established. Future traffic volhmes, as projected by the Anoka County Traffic Forecast, have already been exceeded along I-Lighway 10. The County's forecast did assume a new river crossing bridge. Without the bridge, other improvements at Thurston Avenue, such as dual left tums from Highway 10, may be necessary. tort' MINNEAPOLIS, MN ST. CLOUD, MN CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI MADISON, WI EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPI..OYER LAKE COUNTY, IN I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I,