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While McKinley Street provides a reasonable secondary access to Enterprise P~k, it does go through a residential neighborhood. There are four residential street intersections and several homes with front yards facing McKinley Street. The inteavsection at Highway 47 will operate satisfactorily, especially for eastbound to southbound right turning traffic It again is undesirable to introduce any additional traffic through the reverse curves and across the railroad tracks along Highway 47. The current concept scheme shows either McKinley Street or Enterprise Boulevard tying dkectly to McKinley Street and the reside, atial area. It may be better to create an internal loop of McKinley Street and Enterprise Boulevard, similar to the Lurid Boulevard loop c'ormection with McKinley Street west of Thurston Avenue. McKinley Street from Highway 47 can then "tee" into the loop within Enterprise Park. This makes it somewhat less likely to attract traffic, although the opportunity exists for traffic to still u~Ib.,~ it. At least it would not look like it is desigr~ed for industrial traffic. There should be little impact on any of the other residential streets between Enterp ..rise Park and Highway 47. Weaver Boulevard offers no advantage over use of McKinley Street, even if it is recorffig-ured at Enterprise Boulevard or Industry Avenue. Little traffic is anticipated to use Weaver Boulevard. Similarly, the north/sou, th streets do not offer any advantage to traffic circulating in the Enterprise Park area. They are likely to have no additional tr~affic from Enterprise Park. The 'traffic coming from the residential areas will be somewhat affected by the volume of traffic ~n Enterprise Park, but primarily at major intersections in the area along County Road 116, Highway 47 or Highway 10. Industry Avenue (County Road 116) The intersection of Thurston Avenue and County Road 116 will be busy in the p.m. peak hour. Primary, concern are the 418 northbound left turns ant/cipated at ultimate build out. Most of ~e other' volumes are relativelv low and the tums can be made without sig-n, ff-icant opposing traffic. Future traffic volumes on County Road 116 are forecasted only to ~row from approximately 2.500 to 4,500 based, on the Anoka County Transportation Plan. Based on that plan and the volumes forecasted from Enterprise Park, it does not appear that a traffic signal wig-be needed. A four-way stop si~n traffic control may be needed in the future depending upon volume growth and delays. Enterprise Park Traffic Study A-ANOKA9501.00 I I I I I ! I I I I I I I Anoka, Minnesota Page 6