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I I I I I I I I I I I The second major source of traffic volumes on Thurston Avenue is the Ramsey residential area immediataly north of Indus~ Avenue. While some residentially generated franc will use other routes, such as County Road 116, I-Iighway 47 or Sunfish Imke Boulevard, Thurston Avenue is a very convenient route to Highway 10 and the Metropolitmn Roadway Sys'mm~ The residential area of Ramsey that might use Thurston Avenue is shown on Figure 4. Addition~ tr~Bqc volumes will come from diverted traf~c from Highway 47 or Nowthen Boulevard. An analysis of the alternate routes between the intersection of County Road 116 and Highway 47 amd the interchange of Highway 10 and Ferry Street is summarized on Figures 5 and 6. Each of the potential delays to northbound traffic is described on Figure 5 and preceded by a (-). Advantages to either route are preceded by a (+). A review of the delays and advantages together with the more than 1 mile additiorml distance along Thurston Avenue indicates that diverted traffic volumes will be Iow. A summary of the volumes on Thurston Avenue is shown in Table 1. The biggest contributor of traffic is Enterprise Park, consisting of over 80% of southbound traffic at the Burling-~on Northern R~lroad Bridge. Figure 7 shows intersection traffic volumes along Thurston Avenue. Volumes are relatively heavy at several locations. Traffic from Anoka Hermepin Technical College and traffic generated by commerdal and industrial development along Highway 10 will also use Thurston Avenue. A small volume will also be generated by the residential area to the east. Some h-affic will have an origLn in area and a destination in another, such as Ramsey residents working in Enterprise Park. These were factored into the volumes. Operational Analysis Residential Areas With the existing conceptual layouts of McKinley Street and Enterprise Boulevard, there is an opportunity for Enterprise Par~k industrial traffic to use McKinley Street to Highway 47. The forecasts have indicated only 150 vehicles in the p.m. peak hour. With a potential low level of service at Thurston Avenue and I-Iighway 10 and some congestion along Thurston Avenue in Enterprise Pazk, some additional diversion to McKinley is likely. Enterprise Park Traffid Study A-ANOKA9501.00 Anoka, Minnesota Page 5