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Summary <br />The Context Analysis is intended to provide a look back at the studies and work that has been <br />completed in the feasibility analysis area over the last three decades. Our review of the comprehensive <br />plans prepared by the cities and counties provides a look to the future at what the communities expect <br />to occur in the next 20 years, and how they are planning and positioning for this to occur. <br />Our analysis has results in several key takeaways: <br />• The area included within the feasibility analysis has been studied multiple times over the last 30 <br />years. Nearly all of these past studies identified the need for additional capacity within the <br />corridor. Some, but not all, called out a need for additional crossings. <br />• Growth is anticipated to continue throughout the analysis area. Ramsey, Corcoran, and Dayton <br />are among the fastest growing communities in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. <br />• Comprehensive plans for many of the communities in the feasibility area identify a <br />concentration of more intense development along the major corridors. There are plans for <br />mixed use and higher density development. In some cases, the areas are targeted for transit <br />oriented development. <br />• Investments have been made in current system to increase capacity as a result of existing <br />conditions, and in anticipation of future growth. <br />• Some individual communities have made investments on the north side of the river to <br />accommodate a future crossing <br />• Recent investments on 1-94 make it a natural east -west connection for any regional investments <br />connecting both sides of the river <br />NW Metro Mississippi River Crossings Feasibility Analysis <br />Page 139 <br />