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Project Description The City of Ramsey in Anoka County,Minnesota, seeks $11 million in FASTLANE funds to grade- separate County State Aid Highway(CSAH) 56/Ramsey Boulevard from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway crossing by constructing an underpass. Local funds will be used to fund a portion of the project and to secure all necessary right-of-ways. Other funding sources willinclude contributions from BNSF Railway and various State and Federal funding sources. Final design for the proposed project has not been started yet,but preliminary engineering has been completed in sufficient detail to identify the scope of the proposed improvements,including all required right-of-way acquisitions,and to complete an engineer's estimate. The proposed improvements were also studied as part of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study,which was adopted by each of the partnering agencies in 2014. The project can be designed and be ready to be let for bids in 2018. Local,State,and Federal funds other than FASTLANE funds will pay for about 55 percent of the project.A FASTLANE grant of$11 million will bridge the final gap in funding. Existing conditions United States Highway 10 (US 10) is a four-lane expressway through the City of Ramsey with a signalized intersection at Anoka CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard. US 10 is a primary east-west route in Anoka County, serving as a commuter corridor to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area with annual average daily traffic of 39,000-45,000 vehicles per day in the project area. Its intersection with CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard is a primary access point for downtown Ramsey and its mixed-use "COR"transit-oriented development,the Northstar Commuter Rail Station,the Northwest Metro Veterans Administration Clinic,as well as numerous businesses and residences. CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard is also a direct bicycling and pedestrian route between numerous parks and trails in the City of Ramsey to the north of US 10,and to the Mississippi West Regional Park and Mississippi River Trail south of US 10. Attached is a map of existing conditions. In addition to using the CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard intersection,motorists can access US 10 at three non-signalized points on the south side of US 10 at Traprock,Feldspar,and Dolomite Streets. A total of twenty-four private driveways also access US 10 on either side of CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard. The nearest signalized intersection on US 10 is at Sunfish Lake Boulevard/CSAH 57, slightly more than one mile to the east. The closest grade-separated intersection on US 10 is at CSAH 83/Armstrong Boulevard,approximately one and one-tenth mile to the west. CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard is a four-lane divided roadway that runs north-south and intersects with the north side of US 10. South of US 10 it becomes a two-lane undivided roadway owned and maintained by the City of Ramsey. CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard is used frequently by local drivers to travel to the north. Some use it to connect to US Highway 169 in Elk River from US 10. Three signalized intersections exist along CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard in the project area: at US 10, Sunwood Drive,and CSAH 116/Bunker Lake Boulevard. Two private driveways access CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard between US 10 and the BNSF Railway,which intersects CSAH 56/Ramsey Boulevard approximately 400 feet north of US 10. US 10/CSAH 56 FASTLANE Application 5 City of Ramsey