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CONSULTING GRouP, .][NC. <br /> <br />SKF No. 0982960 <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br />! <br />I <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FR. OM: <br /> <br />DATE' <br /> <br />SUBfECT: <br /> <br />rvEEMOP~424D UM <br /> <br />Steve Jankowski, P.E., CitV Engineer <br />City of Ramse7 <br /> <br />Dennis R. Eyler, P.E., Principal <br />James R. Dvorak, P.E., Principal <br /> <br />fanu~,'-y 7, I999 <br /> <br />TH 47 AT 142ND A~NUT <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />On Januan/ 5, 1999, Peter Fausch and Dermis Eyler of SPT met with Allan Pint, Tra~c <br />Eng~eer for tee Minnesota DeparV~nent of Tr~po~ation ¢/~O~ Me=o Division, to &sc~s <br />~e issue of si~ w~ts ~d si~ j~tifica~on at ~s location. ~ b~ic~y restated <br />N~OT's position ~at the exist~g =~Sc voImes on 142nd Avenue ~e not s~ficient to meet <br />si~ w~~~ ~so stated that ~OT's posiffon on ~e ~c ~at S~ c~c~ated <br />[T~l~d to ~e ~tersectio~o ~ the ~e ~om new development =d ch=ged~aue~ of <br />} e~s~g ~c w~ somewhat speculative. He s~d.~at ~OT beiieves rSat ~ acceptable ~d <br />e aite~ative route wo~d be av~las[e via ~e proposed si~ at ~o ~d ~ 47. <br /> <br /> ~OT ~so ~e[s ~at ~e one-fo~-~Ie spacNg beo,veen ~e ~ee si~alized intersec(ons of <br /> CS~ 116, 142nd Avenue ~d CS~ 5~o MH be too close. ~e close spacNg <br /> adversely affect ~e ~ow of ~oughS~Rc to ~e pont ~at ~ey fe~l ~eff dep~ent will' be <br /> l~e[7 to receive compl~nB ~am ~e ~vers 'on ~ 47 about ~e "~eeded" si~ at <br /> 142nd Avenue if k were to be ~t~led M~ suck low e~st~g marc flows. S~ pe~o~ed a <br /> sisal operations ~MySis ~at showed ~at on a system-Male avenge, per veNcle, ~ere w~ li~e <br /> &~erence N capaci~ ~d delay on ~ 47 M~ ~ee si~s ra~er ~ ~o. ~e delay for <br /> veNcles oa ~ 47 did incre~e s~ghtly. He ~so stated ~at ~ere =e you few Mcatio~ on ~e <br /> Tr~ ~ghway system N ~e Me=a ~ea oumide of~e cenW~ cities where si~Js ~e spaced at <br /> one-go~-~Ie ~ter~s. Oenn/s Eyler notes ~at ~s excludes di~ond Nterch~ges,) <br /> <br /> Over ~e l~t few yegs ~ere have been ~c co,ts made by ~OT ~d S~ ar <br /> intersection. %e most recent co~t was made by N~OT N November of 1998 ~d showed <br /> Ncrease N t~ough-~a~.c on TH 47 oker e~tier co~ts, but ~so showed a reduction <br /> 142nd Avenue when comp~ed to ~e e~lier co~ts. <br /> <br /> One Carlson Parkway North, Suite 150, Mirmeapoiisl MN 55447-4443 <br />Telephone (612) 475-0010 * Fax (6i2) 475-2429 · http://wwW.srfconsui~ing.com <br /> <br />An Equal Opportunity Employer <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br /> <br />