Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 12/14/1995

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City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amendment Transportation Element Based on expecte~ after 2010. As sh The current land PM peak hour tri a similar number absorption rates, build-out for the 2,390 acre tract would not occur until own in Table 3-4, the build-out trip generation estimates are very high. ~se designations were estimated to generate 189,380 daily trips and 20,130 is. By comparison, the recommended land use designations would generate )f trips; 192,725 throughout the day and 19,815 during the PM peak hour. The analysis did not account for shared or pass-by trips, which would reduce the estimated trip totals, but notiby any substannal amounts. Neither d~rect~onal d~stnbut~on nor traffic assignment analys~s were conducted to determine the percentage of trips that would access TH 10 or other ro~ds serving the 2,390 acre tract of land. It is fair to assume that a significant portionlof the trips would access TH 10, because of the regional characteristics of the current and rertommended land use designations. TH 47 Travel Der~and and Corridor Study Based on analysis ~onducted for the Anoka County 2010 Comprehensive Transportation Plan (BRW, Inc.; 1995 , TH 47 between CSAH 5 and CR 116 will operate at LOS "D" by 2010. Analysis showed, s illustrated on Figure 3-4, that this segment of TH 47 will carry 14,530 vehicles per day. ['he Anoka County Plan recommended an upgrade to four lanes to provide additional capacity for the forecast volume of traffic. No other roads or segments of roads in Ramsey were iden ified in the Anoka County Plan as needing capacity additions. The City of Rams~'~, has determined that available land along TH 47 between 167th Avenue and CR 116 shouk be developed for residential and commercial use. Current adjacent land uses consist mostly of agricultural and single family residential developments. Notwithstanding th~ basic rural environment, this segment of TH 47 is beginning to demonstrate land u:ie patterns and traffic characteristics typical of many two lane highways that provide access for Greater Minnesota to the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan areas and the regiona! ro: .d system. As more development occurs along TH 47, additional traffic will use the road a~ d create the need for additional access. Numerous turning movements, combined with the ~orecast high volumes along TH 47 create operational and safety problems. The THi47 corridor already has an accident rate of 2.9 accidents per million vehicle miles. Thi~ rate is 140 percent higher than the statewide average for similar two lane roads. Page 3-23