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1980 COMPI~HENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br />The 1980 Comprehensive Plan was published in response to the Metropolitan Land Planning <br />Act of 1976, whic~ required all municipalities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area to prepare <br />new or revise existing comprehensive plans. <br /> <br />IDENTIFIED ISSUES <br /> <br />Thoroughfares: <br /> <br />Major thoroughfare-related, transportation planning issues addressed in the 1980 <br />Comprehensive Plan included the following: <br /> <br />· Lack of a~lequate east/west roads in Ramsey. County Road (CR) 63 (Green Valley <br /> Road anc~ 175th Avenue), Industry Avenue, and Trunk Highway (TH) 10 were <br /> identified ias the only three east/west roads. The Plan commented on the lack of CR <br /> 63 contin~ity and its indirect east/west routing. <br /> <br />Capacity Constraints were identified on TH 47, a north/south road near the eastern <br />edge of th~ City. The "S" shaped curve by the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of- <br />way was aited as the cause of the capacity constraint. <br /> <br />Four TH 10 issues were identified: <br />- AbSence of service (frontage) roads along TH 10 <br />- AbSence of collector roads south of TH 10 to serve the area between TH 10 and <br /> the Mississippi River <br />- ExCessive number of uncontrolled access drives onto TH 10, which have been <br /> th~ sites of traffic accidents, including several fatalities <br />- Need for more extensive traffic signalization on TH 10 <br /> <br />Location of environmentally sensitive areas (wetlands) throughout the City, which <br />inhibit continuous and direct road alignments. It was mentioned in the Plan that <br />where streams or rivers axe to be crossed, bridges should be designed so as to allow <br />enough clearance for trails to pass beneath them. <br /> <br />Constructing surfaces (bituminous or concrete) for subdivision streets was not required <br />just <br /> priori to the Plan's preparation in 1980. Therefore, a number of subdivision <br />streets w{ire identified as needing surfaces. <br /> <br />Working Paper #1 <br />City of Ran~ey Comprehensive 'Plan Update <br />Transportation Plan Element <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />