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Cars waiting at a railroad crossing (Source: Anoka County) <br />4.6 FREIGHT <br />The County recognizes that many aspects of freight movement are controlled by the <br />private sector. It is also important to note that there are known roadway issues or <br />problem areas for goods movement in Anoka County that have been identified in the <br />Metropolitan Council's Regional Truck Highway Corridor Study (2017). As part of this study, <br />the Metropolitan Council conducted individual meetings with each of the seven counties <br />in the metropolitan area, including Anoka County. The completed study identifies the <br />University Avenue NE corridor in Fridley as one of the top thirty delay hotspots on key truck <br />corridors in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Table 28 shows substantial hours of (all -day) <br />delay per day, per month, and per year; minutes of delay per truck (average across the day); <br />as well as hours of peak delay per day (e.g., 6-9am and 4-7pm) for the University Avenue NE <br />Corridor. The study also identified various geometric constraints including street parking <br />and the lack of additional access points to the intermodal facility (CP Rail Shoreham Yard) <br />that contribute to mobility or safety problems along University Avenue NE in Minneapolis/ <br />Fridley. <br />Table 28 —Truck Delay by Delay Hotspot (University Ave NE Corridor) <br />Corridor <br />Hrs Delay Hrs Delay Hrs Delay Min Delay Hrs Peak %of Delay in <br />per Day per Month per Year per Truck Delay per Day AM/PM Peak <br />University <br />Ave. NE in <br />Fridley <br />6 <br />145 1,742 0.4 <br />Source: Regional Truck Highway Corridor Study (2017) <br />2 <br />22/14 <br />ANOKA COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE I CHAPTER4-FORECASTCONDITIONS <br />89 <br />