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This project was initiated in 1981 when MnDOT funded a $59,000 bikeway/walkway project parallel to State Trunk Highway #4? immediately south of the County Road #ll 6 alternate transportation corridor. "I;his ix but one of the connections the ISTEA Enhancement funds will cause. As noted above, this project includes use of other more reccnl completed components as well. lncluded is the Counly Road #116 Bridge Project completed in 1991, an o~.,erpass over County Highway #1 ]6, an underpass tinder Counly Highway ,'q] 16, and 25.6 miles of bikeway/walkw',~y completed by both public and private parties over the past several years within the communities of Anoka :md Rarnsex'. The existing components of the bikew;~y/walkw~v system trove been completed by the Minnesota Department of' Transportation, Anoka County, City of Anoka, City of Ramsey and private commercial and residential developers. This pro.iec! comp}eles ~he final 2.6 mites of n 25.6 mile atlernalive transportation syslem. This sysmmconnects five schools with 7,083 students and 528 employees; two industrial parks, retail developments, three MTC transportation hubs and residential subdivisions in the Anoka and Ramsey Metropolitan Urban Service area. Projects u,hich qualify it~ tn,o or more of the ten categories of Enhancements idet~tified in the ISTEA and/or more thaz~ one of the three groupings of these categories' eslablished for Min~esota's process. This project accomplishes the following four activities of the exclusive federal categories: Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles including bikeway/walkway consm~ction, lockers, lighting and signage. Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sims including acquisition of 900 feet of Grass Lake shorehmd (a Minnesota DNR Type 3 wetland lake). Landscaping and other scenic beautification including 1.5 miles of bikeway~walkway landscapi n g. Historic preservation resulting from the bikeway/walkway construction adjacent to the 1892, one room, school house, the oldest existing in Anoka County (on the National Historic Register). Tnis project also accomplishes two of the three Minnesota objectives: Pedestrian and bicycle facilities. · Scenic and environmental. .,~ ' As noted above, there is a posirix, e influence on a National Register historic site as well. Projects which ha~,e already gone throt~gh, a statewide or regional project priority setting process. In 1981, MnDOT funded a $59,000 bikeway/walkway project parallel to State Trunk Highway #47 immediately south of the Count>, Road #116 Alternate