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Assessing congestion growth on roadways by ownership indicates that the vast majority of congestion occurs on state roadways rather than county roadways. Overall, 77 percent of the state highway mileage in the county will be near or over capacity by 2040. By comparison, only 15 percent of county roadway mileage will be near or over capacity by 2040. Given this, it will be essential for the County to continue to work with MnDOT to address substantial congestion issues on the state highway system along the following highways: » » » TH 10 in Coon Rapids, Anoka, and Ramsey TH 47 in Fridley, Anoka and Ramsey TH 65 in Blaine and Ham Lake I-35W in Blaine 1-694 in Fridley Alternative 2040 Highway Network ScenWio In addition to the 2040 baseline condition, one alternative highway network scenario was analyzed to investigate the effects of network modifications on congestion in the corridor. This scenario assumes that U.S. Highway 10 in Anoka County (5.50 miles) and Trunk Highway 65 between U.S. Highway 10 and Bunker Lake Road (5.6 miles) are converted to freeways. Overall, the evaluation illustrated that with increased capacity provided on U.S. Highway 10 and Trunk Highway 65, a substantial amount of traffic using the adjacent county road system because of congestion on the major highways would switch back to using U.S. Highway 10 and Trunk Highway 65. See Appendix F for details. 4.3 TRANSIT] The region's existing bus and dial -a -ride service described in the "Existing Transit Service" Section on page 35 is anticipated to continue into the future. The Metropolitan Council's 2040 Transportation Policy Plan (TPP) Current Revenue Scenario, which identifies planned investments within reasonably expected revenue assumptions, does not include any new or expanded transit service or transitways in Anoka County, but continues to fund ongoing operations and maintenance for the existing Northstar Commuter Rail transitway as a first priority. Modernization and modest expansion improvements for Northstar addressing operational issues and unmet demand, are also accounted for under this scenario. In addition to the Current Revenue Scenario, the Metropolitan Council also presents an increased revenue scenario which would build out and expand the transit system. This scenario shows an additional transitway corridor in Anoka County beyond the scope of the plan's adopted and fiscally constrained Transit Investment Plan (the Current Revenue Scenario). This is referred to as the "North Central" Arterial Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor and is shown on Figure 30, and follows University Avenue from the Northtown Transit Center in Blaine south to 53rd Avenue NE, east along 53rd Avenue NE to Highway 65, and south along Highway 65 to Downtown Minneapolis. ANOKA COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE I CHAPTER4-FORECASTCONDITIONS