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The Metropolitan Council's highway system investment prioritization factors shown in <br />Table 30 are used in the Principal Arterial Intersection Conversion Study. According to the <br />Metropolitan Council, the results of this study is then used to help make highway system <br />investment decisions in the following ways: Points are awarded in the Regional Solicitation <br />and MnDOT's Transportation Economic Development (TED) Program depending on <br />the prioritization level. The study results also inform Strategic Capacity Enhancement <br />priorities for the Increased Revenue Scenario and the Interchange Approval Process in <br />Appendix F of the 2040 TPP Update. <br />Table 30 — Principal Arterial Intersection Conversion Study: <br />Investment Prioritization Factors <br />Highway System Investment Prioritization <br />Factor <br />Solis _,,cion Criteria <br />Safety and Security; Operate, Maintain, and <br />Rebuild <br />Improves Economic Vitality <br />Improves Critical Regional Highway System <br />Connectivity <br />Increases Regional Highway System Travel <br />Time Reliability <br />Critical crash rate index, observed safety deficiencies <br />or concerns, crash frequency, crash severity <br />Need for new infrastructure, HCAADT <br />Connection to a principal or A -minor arterials, <br />supportive of Regional Bicycle Transportation <br />Network <br />Priority for mobility in region, volume and capacity <br />factors, volume -capacity ratio for existing and <br />alternatives, supportive of transit <br />Supports Job/Population Growth Forecasts <br />and Local Comp. Plans <br />Regional Balance of Investments <br />Source: Metropolitan Council <br />Local planning support, existing land use <br />Serving growth areas <br />Regional Truck Highway Corridor Stud\ <br />The Regional Truck Highway Corridor Study identified <br />the most important highways in the region for freight <br />movement based on truck usage and proximity to freight <br />generating land uses. Corridors were assigned to one of <br />three tiers, using a data -driven scoring procedure. The <br />tiered corridors for Anoka County are shown in Figure 32 <br />and listed in Table 31. <br />Regional Truck Highway Corridor Study <br />Final Report <br />Metropolitan Council <br />CPCSw <br />Rani Engineering <br />E-Squared Engineering <br />American Transportation Research Institute <br />ANOKA COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE CHAPTER 6 - IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION <br />98 <br />