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C ONSULTING G 1zouP, INC. <br /> <br />ortarion Civil S~ructura[." ' ' '' · <br /> · . znvtronmenrat · Planning, Traffic · Landscape ).rcmtecmre · Parking <br /> <br /> SPT No 0982960 <br /> <br />! <br />! <br /> <br />! <br />! <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATEi <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Steve Jan_howe?d, P.E., Cit-,./Engineer <br />City of Ramsey <br /> <br />Dennis R. Eyler, P.E., Principal <br />James IL. Dvorak, P.E., Principal <br /> <br />Ja_nua~ 7, 1999 <br /> <br />TI4 47 ~.? i42ND A'~,NL~'E <br /> <br />On Janu-aC~ 5, 1999, Peter Farce and Demnhs Eyler of SM met vdth Allan PNt, T~c <br />Engineer for ~e Minnesota Dep~ent of Tr~nspo~afion ~/~O~ Me~o Division, to &sc~s <br />~e issue of si~ wmw~ts ~d si~ j~thqcafon at Ods location. ~ b~ic~y restated <br />N~OT's posizion ~at ~e existing =~5c voI~es on l~=nd Avenue ~e not s~Scient to me~t <br />s~ w~,ts. ~e Mso stated Lhat NL~OT s positron on ~e =~c ~ai S~ cJ,~a:e. ~t <br />~~o ~e ~_tersection ~ *O.e ~=e i-om~ new development =d ch=ged pane=~ of <br />} e~sFmg *~2c w~ somewhat speculative. He smd. ~at ~OT believes teat ~ acceptable ~d <br />e alternative route wo~d be av~lable via ~e uroposed siam at ~mo ~4 ~ 47. <br /> <br /> ~OT Moo feels ~.at ~e one-fo~&-~le spac~g bepaeen hhe ~ee si'gnaIJxed intersections of <br /> CS~H 1 I6, 142nd Avenue ~d CSA_H 5~o ~ be too close. Tee close spacffng ~1 <br /> adversely ~ect *&e flow of U~oughh=~fic to ~e pob. t ~at *&ey fed ~e~ deponent will be <br /> 2ely to receive compl~: from ~e &dyers on ~H 47 about ~e "~eeded" siam at <br /> 142nd Avenue if it were to be ~t~led ~ such low e~st~g <~c flows. S~ pe~o~ed a <br /> si~al operations ~Mysis ~at showed ~at on a system-~de average, per veNcle, ~ere ~v~'~<e <br /> ~%rence ~ capaci~ ~d delay on ~ 47 ~ ~ee simms ra~er Lhm2 Pao. ~e delay for <br /> re,cleo on ~ 47 did incre~e sEght!y. He ~so stated ~at ~ere ~e ve~ few loca~ons on ~e <br /> Tr~ bhghway system ~ ~e Me:o ~ea ou~ide of~e cen:~ cities where si~z a-e spaced at <br /> one-fo~-~le ~te~Ms. ~ennis Eyter notes 2hat ~s excludes di~ond Nterch~ges,) <br /> <br /> Over ~e l~t few ye~s ~ere have been =a~c co,ts made by ~OT ~d S~x at ~s <br /> intersection. ~e most recent comnt w~ made by D~OT Lq November of i998 aqd showed ~ <br /> Lncrease ~ t~ough-~affhc on TH 47 over s~iier co,ts, but ~so 'showed a reduction Lq zafftc on <br /> 142nd Ayenue when estopped to O.e e~lier co,ts. <br /> <br /> One Can't_son Parkway North, Suite tS0, M-L, qneasoiis, MN 55447-4443 <br />Telephone (612) 475-00i0 · Fax.(612)-_.~'~?q-9'~9~_-_~_~ . http://www.srfconsulting.com <br /> <br />An Equal O,upormni~y EmPloyer <br /> <br /> <br />