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il I I I I ! I ! I thoroughfare plan The North Anoka Planning League Comprehensive Plan of 1968 provided a founda- tion for the proposed street plan in Ramsey Township'. It called for three north- south County Thoroughfares and one east - west County Thoroughfare in addition to the Regional Thoroughfare easily identified as U. S. Hig~hways 10, 52 and 169. A major change in the North Anoka Planning League Prol~osal4s th~ addition of another east - west County Thoroughfare north of Trott Brook. There are other slight Shifts in alignment for these primary arterials but because of anticipated development their function will remain essentially the same. The locat thorough- fares of the earlier study, now described as secondary arterials, are arso similar in location and design. The rights-of-W[~y for both the primary and secondary arterials are tentatively set at 120 feet, to permit future Upgrading, with paving widths up to 52 feet as they become necessary. It would be possible to construct . . these streets with median areas to separate traffic and still leave room for well landscaped margins. As a matter of ;future policy all the arterial streets should be designed with either frontage roads or lots with rear yards and~no direct access on the right of way. The regional thoroughfare or expressway, U. S. Highway 10, 52 and-169., represents a special category traffic route over which the Township will' have ,very little-control. Under ideal circumstances its right of way should be 200.feet-:in width, which will permit two 36-foot trafficways separated by a 48 foot median with 40 feet on each margin. Past development however, has had direct 'aCcess t~ a more modestly designed roadway with a corresponding increase in the frequency of accidents and a decrease -in the volume of traffic that can be handled.' In recent years, the State Highway Department has been more selective, in granting access to this road and has encouraged local efforts to control both frontage development and its access. It has been anticipated that much of the through traffic now traveling on this expressway will shift to Interstate 94 once it has been completed. But, replacement traffic appears likely because of population increases in both Anoka and Sherburne Counties. Before additional commercial or industrial development takes place along Highway 10,. the Township by itself'or in coniunction with the State High,ray Department should,work out a long range plan of access including frontage.' roads. Such a S~udy may be used as a guide to test how-well separate projects will relate to e~ach other as land in the commercial and industrial .area is consumed. The basic north - south routes of the primary arterial system include St; Francis Boulevard or State Highway 47, Ramsay Boulevard, and County Road 83 realigned- to the right of way of Puma Street. The southern portion of st. Francis Boulevard .is also recommended to be realigned to separate the industrial land within the City Limits of Anoka from the Dunham Addition along the Rum River% A direct link between the existing Town Hall and 'the Vocational School on Highway 10 is recommended. Traffic signats or grade separations will be necessarl~ at the intersections of the three north - south arterials with Highway 10. _ 27