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The east - west primary arterials irrclude a connection between Green Valley [load and County Road 63. This will provide access between the northern neighborhoods of Ramsey and Elk River to the west. The second east - west arterial approximates the right of way of 158th Street Northwest and will provide access between the central neighborhoods of Ramsey Township and the developing neighborhoods of Grow Township. While all of the Primary Arterials are recommended to be constructed by the County, this last may be problematic since there is no established right of way to ensure with any certainty that developers will leave adequate construction widths. The Township should work closely with the County Engineer and County Board to establish a location before the land in this area has been developed. The secondary arterials are recommended as an extention of the primary system.. They may or may not be the responsibility of the County to build and maintain, but will carry volumes of traffic warranting the 120 foot right of way. The streets included as secondary arterials are Industrial Avenue and the southern-most portion of St. Francis Boulevard, County Road 57, Nowthen Boulevard, 167th Street northwest, the-southern half of County Road 83, County Road 34, County Road 7, and a new right of way which will separate .the proposed industrial park from residential neighborhoods to the north between County Roads 83 and 57. Collector streets will have rights of way of 80 feet and paving w~dths of 44 feet to encourage up to two moving lanes in each direction when on-street parking is not permitted. Margins of 18 feet will ensure that ~houses fronting on ihe collector streets will be situated further back from the traveled surface than less heavily traveled streets. Collector streets have not been designated on the plan since certain neighborhoods appear to be fully developed without them while other neigh- borhood areas are essentially undeveloped. The Planning Commission, however, in reviewing all future plats will need to relate each preliminary plat proposal to the entire neighborhood. 9ased on this ov~erview they would' select those streets which appear to best carry traffic to arterial streets as well as those which pass through residential neighborhoods. Collector streets should collect and distribute traffic within residential neighborhoods. The existing platting ordinance is al'ready, organized around this differentiation of Township streets. Minor streets as well as collector streets are the responsibility of private developers. The Township is responsible for enforcement of adequate construction standards so that in the future, public monies will not be needed to upgrade or reconstruct poorly built facilities. The function of minor streets is to move traffic from private p~operty to the major thoroughfares in the system. Rights of way of 66 feet and paving widths of 36 feet are recommended. This design will allow two moving traffic lanes and one parking lane. In reviewing proposed.subdivision plais the Planning Commission will be required to evaluate how well the individual plat fits into the remaining neighbor- hood. Part of this responsibility is the need to reserve street openings to adjacent undeveloped land. Short-sightedness in this area will make it much more difficult to provide a complete neighborhood with a reasonable pattern of traffic circulation. I I I ! I I I ! I ! I I I