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Projects which have already gone through a statewide or regional project priority setting process. In 1981, MnDOT funded a $59,000 bikeway/walkway projecl parallel to State Trunk Highway #47 and immediately south of the Count)' Road #116 Alternate Transportation Corridor. This is but one of the connections the ISTEA Enhancernent funds will cause. The Highway #116 vehicular Rum River crossing received state-wide and regionM prior/ty resulting in the 1991 completion of the bridge and overpass and resultant connections of the Cities of Anoka, Ramsey and Andover. Because this project consists of a series of transportation linkages to existing components, the project can also be considered underfunded to the extent that a $165,000 pedestrian overpass and four separate fenced and concrete walk/bikeways are in place but are missing the critical connections that ISTEA Enhancements will provide. The County Road #116 Alternative Transportation Corridor was accepted and reviewed by the Metropolitan Council's Surface Transportation Program review in 1992. The project ranked in the upper half of those submitted but financial constraints did not allow for the project funding. Since that submittal, the project has been enhanced by project expansion, landscaping, lighting and by the historic preservation component. Trunk Highway #47 is the principal north/south arterial running through the entire community of Rarnsey and connecting Rarnsey with downtown Anoka. CounD, Highway # 116 runs the entire length of the AnokaYAndover border and traverses east into Coon Rapids and Blaine. Plus, fi.om Trunk I--hghway #47, both north and south of the intersection with Counv,., Highway #116, is scheduled for a Minnesota Department of Transportation roadway and intersect/on improvement in 1994. This improvement wiI1 accommodate right-of-way for the bikeway/walkway project found in this proposal. Completion of the County Road #116 Alternative Transportation Cooridor will promote, demonstrate, and facilitate sustainable transportation in the Northwest Metropolitan Area. Projects which demonstrate more than a local impact or benefit. The residents and commuters within the communities of Andover, Anoka and Ramsey will directly benefit bv the CounD' Highway #116 alternative transportation corridor funded by this proj~ect. The projected area of benefit includes those ufiliz/ng the transportation link. along Count), Highway #116 linl,Sng the Enterprise Industrial Park and the Gateway North Industrial Park to the River's Bend Commercial Area, the City of Anoka Highway Commercial Area, the Anoka Metropolitan Transit Commission Park and Ride Lot, the Anoka Senior High School, and adjacent public and private uses. This project will provide a bikeway/walkway component assisting the connection of Trunk, Highway g47 and Count3' Highway #5 with Count3' Highway #116. The result will be linking ail of the above five muki-modal components with several subdivisions, elementary schools and another commercial district, in addition to three fully accessible American Disabilities Act compliant park developments within the City of Ramsey. This project will provide accessibility, to these parks and to the communities of Anoka and Andover. In addition, the bikeway/walkway project will accommodate accessibility to several other local and regional parks and the Anoka Count), fairgrounds.