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Provides a comprehensive regional park and trail system that <br />preserves high quality natural resources, increases climate <br />resiliency, fosters healthy outcomes, connects communities, and <br />enhances quality of life in the region <br />Promotes expanded multimodal access to regional parks, regional <br />trails, the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, and the <br />transit network, and as such, strengthens equitable usage of regional <br />parks and trails by all our regions residents - across age, race, <br />ethnicity, income, national origin, and abilities <br />Advancing 2040 Regional Transportation Policy Plan <br />2040 <br />Thrive LISP <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />POLILY HLAN <br />Following the abstract on pedestrian bridge's relevance as a regional improvement <br />directly associated with the park, is a summary of Thrive's 2040 Transportation Policy <br />Plan's objectives (in quotes) and why it is imperative that the completion of the skyway <br />over Hwy #10 and Riverdale Drive remain a named Phased Improvement within the <br />Master Plan for Mississippi West Regional Park — and for the Master Plan Amendment <br />to be consistent with the Transportation Policy Plan's goals, objectives and strategies. <br />Project Abstract <br />The Mississippi Skyway is a pedestrian bridge extension of the existing skyway over <br />Veterans Drive from the 800-stall public parking ramp to the Northstar Ramsey Rail <br />Station. The extension will continue over U.S. Highways #10 & #169 to the Regional <br />Park and Trail on the south side of the highway and frontage road. <br />This section of Highways #10 & #169 is a barrier to pedestrian and bicycle movements at <br />the Ramsey Station. It is a 4-lane divided highway that is a primary east -west route in <br />Anoka County, serving as a commuter corridor to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul <br />Metropolitan Area with annual average daily traffic of 39,000 vehicles per day in the <br />immediate project area. BNSF freight rail line runs parallel to the highway, and there has <br />been a nearly 40 percent increase in freight traffic since 2012, with 71 trains per day each <br />day at present. This rail line also serves as the Northstar Commuter Rail Corridor. <br />Mississippi West Regional Park Master Plan Amendment — City of Ramsey Response <br />Page 10 of 15 <br />