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Highway 10 Access Planning Study Alternatives Released. The Highway 10 Access Planning Study recently released alternative designs for future Highway 10 related to the Highway 10 Access Planning Study. These alternatives are currently accessible through (Mn/DOT is working on placing these files on the project website, accessible through www. c i ty of.:ram sey. c o m /hi ahwav 10: hops: // www. dropbox. com /sh/4xlgy3bfx60o6nh /aiAfzWsp2- The following is text from the Project Management Team (PMT) for the Highway 10 Access Planning Study: The Hwy 10 Access Planning Study is making significant progress in identifying lower cost solutions to the safety and congestion issues in the corridor. Since the presentation at the council workshop on October 27, 2013; MnDOT, Anoka County, and Bolton & Menk have developed a number of individual improvement concepts that incrementally and cumulatively improve traffic flow and access in the corridor. The improvement concepts include development of local roads, frontage roads, grade separated intersections, and trail /sidewalk connections. A public open house meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26 at 6 PM at the Greenhaven Golf Course in Anoka. The various improvement concepts will be presented and public input on each will be received. The purpose of this email is to provide a progress update to you and preview of the concepts to be presented. The Highway 10 Access Planning Study encompasses all of TH 10 in the City of Ramsey and the portion of TH 10 in Anoka between the City of Ramsey and the Rum River. Five subareas have been established and are summarized in the attached slides. Attached to the Weekly Update is a Highway 10 Access Planning Study Concept Summary dated 02/18/14. Improvement concepts in each subarea are also described and can be reviewed at: https:/ /www.dropbox.com/sh /4xlgy 3bfx60o6nh /a3AfzWsp2 -. An explanation of the strategy by subarea is below: Subarea 1— Jarvis Street to Llama Street: Average peak hour travel speeds exceed 60 mph and less than 7% of all the crashes in the past 10 years have occurred in this stretch. The strategy within this subarea is to maintain the safety and mobility that currently exists. This can be accomplished through development of a local streets that connect to primary intersection locations, relocation of private driveway access from Hwy 10 to local streets, avoidance of future traffic signal installation. In the event that delay and/or safety concerns arise at the primary intersections, a reduced conflict intersection would be the recommended strategy. Subarea 2 — Llama Street to Alpaca Street: The Armstrong Interchange project, currently being designed by Anoka County, will address safety and mobility issues within this segment of the corridor. Subarea 3 — Alpaca Street to Dolomite Street: Average peak hour travel speeds range between 40 - 48 mph and approximately 13% of the all the crashes in the past 10 years have occurred in this stretch. The strategy within this subarea is to maintain and improve the safety and mobility by eventual removal of the