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City Administrator’s Corner Wetland Upgrades to U.S. Highway 10 By Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator Twenty-three percent of southwestern Anoka County is water or wetland. De - velopment within our city has wound its old saying about Minnesota weather; that is, everyone is talk - way around these wetlands, creating quaint, ing about it, but no one is doing anything about it. Fortunately, private neighborhoods. Weve protected a new day has dawned with the construction of the Armstrong these ecologically important areas. Now, Interchange on U.S. Highway 10. Now under construction, the the condition of these wetlands is in the hands of residents, some of whom may own coming fall. a small portion of a wetland. - Each homeowner can do a few simple way 10 for a number of important reasons. things to protect their wetland. signal at Armstrong Boulevard will greatly improve safety for the edge of a wetland is particularly traveling public. For example, no longer do drivers need to make a valuable habitat. Leave a 20 foot un-mowed strip along wetland tracks and the highway waiting for the light to turn. In addition, edges. those who call upon Ramsey Police and Fire Department services Native plants are Plant natives. - those to which native wildlife is longer be blocked by trains as they make their way to the hospital. plant nurseries in our area. Bees, but Plant for pollinators. - Our local business and industry rely upon U.S. Highway 10 to get customers and employees to and from their location. Goods and the decline. Treat yourself to some services need to make their way to markets and inventories need to color, and treat the pollinators to - some habitat by planting native tion system makes it more desirable for businesses to locate and stay in Ramsey, bringing jobs, services, and tax-base to the commu - - nity. An upgraded U.S. Highway 10 will also make it easier for water. - Watershed Management Organization tions over the seven miles of U.S. Highway 10 within the cities of safety and mobility improvements to U.S. Highway 10 at less than lower cost design makes it far more likely that the corridor will receive funding from the state and federal government to do more Library Focus: projects like the Armstrong Interchange. In short, the proposed upgrades to U.S. Highway 10 will add Interested in genealogy? Learn how to the quality of life for Ramsey residents. Our local, state, and fed - you can search World Vital Records gigan - tic database for Census and family history - informationin-library or online at anoka - countylibrary.orgfor free. Contact Rum River Library, 4201 6th Ave., Anoka, 763- for the Highway 10 project. 576-4695. July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015 July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015July/August 2015 July/August 2015