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V PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES Needs Anoka County, as part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Figure 9), is affected by the growth of the entire area. Its future development will, in part, be determined by Metropolitan Policies affecting elements such as regional transportation facilities and regional public utilities. Therefore, an analysis of factors affecting thoroughfare planning in Anoka County must extend to those metropolitan policies and decisions which will influence and shape the metropolitan area and will, in turn, provide the regional framework for County development planning. The present roadway system within the County consists of a total of 568.9 miles of roadways. Of these, 241.5 miles are on the County State Aid System (C.S.A.H.) and 156.7 mile~ are on the regular County System. In addition, there are 106.6 miles of State Trunk Highways, including Inter- state, in the County as illustrated in Figure 10. Supporting the state and county systems are 64.1 miles of major municipal thoroughfare, i.e. those on the Municipal State Aid System (M.S.A.). The County's needs, in terms of required improvements to this system, fall within four basic categories: The need to rebuild those roads which are deficient in structure. These are those routes which have less than 9 ton load limits and/or require extensive maintenance work. There are 39.2 miles in this category. The need to rebuild those roads which are deficient in cross- section. These are the routes which, because of their width, do not have sufficient capacity to carry the traffic that desires to use them. These routes may also be deficient in structure. However, in terms of their requirements to move vehicles, the cross-sectional deficiency is the prime consideration. There are 255.8 miles of cross-sectionally deficient roads. 2?