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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Enterprise Park Traffic Study Anoka, Minnesota It may be desirable to work with Enterprise Park businesses on a potential traffic management plan. The use of staggered working hours, car pooling and transit incentives may have the most merit for trip reduction. Overall Operations The tr~ file volumes estimated to be on Thurston Avenue were done in a "urrrestrained" volume method. This means that traffic could be distributed' to roadway systems without concern for capacity restraints or overloading of turn lanes and intersections. Given the volumes at some of the intersections and the potential for heavy traffic flow, it is becoming less likely that traffic would divert fi:om I-Iighway 47 to Thurston Avenue between County Road 116 and I-~ighway 10. Although that volume was only estimated at approximately 70 vehicles in the peak hour, they are in the critical tui-n areas. The Anoka County Transportation Plan does not show future traffic volumes on Surff~h Lake Boulevard north of t-Iighway 10. It is likely that volumes will be relatively heavy because of the large area it serves. It is therefore unlikely that much of the traffic which was assigned fi:om Rarnsey to Thurston Avenue would divert to Surff:ish Lake Boulevard ff Thurston Avenue becomes congested. Summary of Recommendations Traffic volumes generated in the Enterprise Park area a.nd traffic fi:om other areas ut41i~ing Thurston Avenue will create a relatively heavy traffic flow at several intersections. As volumes grow, additional lanes should be added to Thurston Avenue at major intersections. Northbound at County Road 116, a left turn lane a.nd a combined fight mm and through lane should be corrstructed. A westbound left ,'-urn lane on County Road 116 is also desirable. At I-Iighway 10, southbound Thurston Avenue should have provisions for ~vo southbound left mm lanes, a single through lane and a right turn lane. At the adjacent frontage road intersection, there should be provisions for left turning traffic to go west on the frontage road. A left mm lane parallel to the southbound left turn lanes for I-tighway 10 is desirable. A major concern ~-ili be the ability of northbound traffic dest4_ned fo~ the Anoka Hennepin Technical College to complete a left turn through the southbound traffic, especially when some lanes are backed up to the frontage road intersection. The possibility of a A-ANOKA9501.00 Page 9