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5. Projects with an estimated total cost of at least $50,000 The Cities of Anoka and Ramsey arc adequately staffed to effectively process, administer and see to fruition this g216.,488 federally funded project. The proposers are therefore requesting 50% of project costs which is ~1()8,244. In 1981, the Cit.,,, of Anoka received $59,000 from Mn/DOT for an off-road bike and pedestrian way that will connect to this project. Projects with o demonslraled relatioushi]~ to lran~'porlalion. It is believed that County Road #116, Alternative Transportation Corridor, epitomizes a functional component of the intermodal transportation system. Further, this transportation bikeway/walkway will have a positive impact on existing adjacent roadways and will enhance transportation safety by removing bicyclists and pedestrians from the roadway. The need for, and lhe relationship lo, transportation is demonstrated by thc paths worn in the vegetation of the dimh in the pro eot :trea~ by those not utilizing the roadway surface. The proximily of the landscaping to both the highway and the bike and pedestrian way will have a positive relationship to this n'mhi-n'~odal sysmm. Most components of this project utilize existing road right-of-ways. The one exception is due to the existence of a more direc~ tr:msportation link than existing roadways provide. This project completes a comprehensive multi-modal transportation system linking industrial, commercial, residential and public uses within the Cities of Anoka, Ramsey and Andover. Projects which are normally part of the mitigation of a transportation project are not eligible. There are no adverse environmental or transportation impacts associated with the implementation of this project and, therefore, no mitigation required Completion of the County Road #116 Alternate Transportation Corridor will result in positive environmental and societal effects. Several existing and future transportation improvements have been mentioned in this proposal. This project is not intended to implement mitigation of adverse effects associated with implementation of those transportation projects. In fact, those transportation projects were absolutely necessary to provide for safe vehicular traffic between the communities of Andover, Anoka and Ramsey. Without the existing transportation improvements and the scheduled 1994 MnDOT improvement ro Trunk Highway #4'2, this area would not have adequate transportation systems to effectively move existing Northwestern Metropolitan traffic in, through, and out of the area. This transportation corridor is the link for Eastern Sherburne County, Northern and Western Anoka County to U.S. Highways #10 and #169. Therefore, the transportation projects addressed in this proposal have not had negati,,,e "impacts requiring mitigation. The proposal found herein, provides for enhancement of those projects in that this bikeway/walkway proposal provides for increased capacity for pedestrian and bikeway traffic in an area which has a dire need for increased capacity now and which will continue to have increasingly difficult congestion and safety issues without the transportation pr~ects planned in the future and without the addition of this bikeway/walkway proposal.. This bikeway/walkway reacts to the congestion found within the ex/sting condition of the communities of Andover, Anoka and Ramsey. h is proposed to deal with transportation concerns within the existing Metropolitan Urban Service Area.