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Ramsey Gateway: <br />Ramsey Boulevard & Highway 10 Interchange <br />Applicant, Location, & <br />Route: Anoka County, U.S. Highway <br />10 and Ramsey Blvd. within the City <br />of Ramsey <br />Application Category: <br />Roadways including Multimodal <br />Elements - Roadway Expansion <br />Funding Information: <br />Requested Award Amount: <br />$10,000,000 <br />Local Match: $19,300,000 <br />Project Total: $29,300,000 <br />Match $ Sources: <br />• Anoka County <br />• City of Ramsey <br />• Mn DOT <br />• BNSF Railway <br />• $3.5M in awarded State <br />Legislative Bonding Funds <br />Corridor Fast Facts: <br />• 55,000 vpd (1,650 trucks) <br />• Higher crash rate than state avg; <br />51 crashes in last 5 years <br />• 3 fatal ped crashes on Hwy 10 <br />within Ramsey in last 10 years, <br />1 fatal ped crash at Ramsey Blvd <br />• Backups anticipated to reach <br />one -mile by 2025 and almost 4- <br />miles in 2045 <br />• Significant commuter/freight <br />corridor between MSP, NW -MN, <br />and North Dakota <br />• Busiest BNSF rail line in <br />Minnesota with 57-81 freight <br />trains and 14 transit trains <br />• Regional gateway to northern <br />MN Lakes and outdoor tourism <br />industry <br />Project Description <br />This project will remove the traffic signal at Ramsey Blvd and Highway 10 and replace it <br />with a grade -separated folded tight -diamond interchange including a grade -separated <br />railway crossing and frontage road connections. ADA accessible and continuous <br />pedestrian and bicycle facilities are included throughout. <br />The current Highway 10 corridor within the City of Ramsey is plagued with significant <br />crash and congestion issues, for vehicles, trucks, pedestrians, and trains alike, and is <br />impacting the movement of goods and people between Minneapolis/St Paul and northern <br />Minnesota. In addition, the busiest BNSF railway within the state parallels the highway <br />blocking Ramsey Blvd for two to three hours per day while causing northbound backups <br />onto Highway 10. This is a highly expressed public concern and documented issue for <br />emergency response vehicles responding to common crashes on Highway 10 (watch <br />emergency vehicles blocked by train: httos://www.voutube.com/watch?v=VruXJvlrt-a). <br />Project Benefits <br />Ramsey Blvd serves as the primary connection to the COR (Center of Ramsey) <br />development, a 400-acre area including residential, commercial, retail, educational, and <br />recreational land uses intended to serve as the downtown of Ramsey, located just <br />northwest of the proposed interchange. Integral to this development is the Northstar <br />Commuter Rail line, of which ridership and operations will benefit greatly from the <br />proposed project. The proposed improvements will increase corridor safety, address <br />congestion and operational issues, eliminate delay from the railroad crossings, and <br />provide safe pedestrian/bicycle crossing of Hwy 10. <br />NORTHSTAR <br />COMMUTER RAIL <br />The COR <br />BNSF Railway <br />Mississippi West <br />Regional Park <br />GATEWAY. <br />The Time is Now <br />Beginning in 2022, fully funded projects in Anoka and Elk River will transition Highway 10 <br />into a freeway on either side of Ramsey. Ramsey will become the bottleneck, with <br />increased crash and congestion issues at the two remaining at -grade signalized <br />intersections on Highway 10 in the metro area. Improvements to the Ramsey Blvd <br />intersection with Highway 10 are the highest priority in the Ramsey Gateway Project — and <br />is so reflected in this application - which also includes the construction of another <br />interchange at Sunfish Lake Blvd. Improvements in Ramsey will complete the regional <br />vision of converting Highway 10 into a freeway corridor. <br />