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<br /> <br />E30L- -rOI'J &. ~ E:: I'J J<, I f'.-JC. <br />Consulting Engineers & Surveyors <br />1515 East Highway 13 . Burnsville, MN 55337-6857 <br />Phone (612) 890-0509. FAX (612) 890-8065 <br /> <br />March 24, 1997 <br /> <br />Mr. Steven Jankowski, PE <br />Ramsey City Engineer <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303-6197 <br /> <br />RE: Traffic Engineering Analysis <br />Apple Ridge Subdivision by Good Value Homes, Inc. <br />City of Ramsey <br />BMI Project No. TC97.0030 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Jankowski: <br /> <br />I have been retained by Good Value Homes, Inc. to prepare a traffic engineering analysis of their proposed <br />Apple Ridge subdivision, attached as Exhibit A, - a 141 lot single family residential development generally <br />located west of Trunk Highway #47 between 157th and 159th Avenues in Ramsey, Anoka County, <br />Minnesota. It is my understanding that the City of Ramsey requested the developers to address the issues <br />of trip generation, trip distnbution and the anticipated traffic impacts on adjacent residential developments <br />as a result of this new subdivision. <br /> <br />Trip Generation <br />The 141 single family residential units proposed in the Apple Ridge subdivision can be expected to generate <br />approximately 1346 trips per weekday when fully developed. This volume is based on a trip generation rate <br />of 9.55 trips per dwelling unit for single-family detached housing, as shown on attached Exhibit B, as found <br />in "Trip Generation - An Informational Report by the Institute of Transportation", dated January 1991. <br /> <br />Impacted Collector - Arterial Street System <br />The collector-arterial street system, shown on Exhibit C, serving the proposed Apple Ridge development area <br />consists of: <br /> <br />1. State Trunk Highway #47 - a rural section, two-lane, two-way minor arterial roadway <br />running north-south along the eastern edge of the development; <br /> <br />2. County State Aid Highway (C.S.A.H.) #5 - Nowthen Boulevard - a rural section, two lane, <br />two-way minor arterial roadway running northwest to southeast about 1/4 mile west of the <br />west edge of the Apple Ridge development; and <br /> <br />3. County Road #57 - Sunfish Lake Boulevard - also a rural section, two-lane, two-way minor <br />arterial roadway running north-south and intersecting CSAH #5 (Nowthen Boulevard) about <br />500' south of the 157th Lane intersection. <br /> <br />The posted speed limit on all three (3) roadways in the proximity of the proposed Apple Ridge subdivision <br />is 50-55 mph. <br /> <br />The existing and projected traffic volumes along TH #47, as obtained from the "TH #47 Access and Corridor <br />Study" as prepared for the City of Ramsey by the SRF Consulting Group, Inc. and dated February 1996, are <br />as follows: <br /> <br />FAIRMONT, MN <br /> <br />1 <br />SLEEPY EYE. MN <br /> <br />~ <br />LIBERTY. MO <br /> <br />BURNSVILLE. MN <br /> <br />AMES. IA <br /> <br />MANKATO. MN <br /> <br />1\...... L,..... ._1 nnn.......~,I,...,:fll ~,.............'r.\lC~H. <br />