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<br />~_.______..._____._.__..__.__.._..~. __._..._._____H____._._._.__.~_.__.__.__..._. _.. .__..._.._._.._.__....._..___._._.____.____._._..._..._'_"__"__"__" .__.___..__~._.__u <br /> <br />Just west of Mississippi River Community Park, across an oxbow of the Mississippi, is <br />Kings Island. Kings Island is a heavily wooded area that was used in the past for a <br />gravel mining operation. Nearly all of Kings Island is within the 100 year floodplain; <br />however it has a nice combination of wooded areas and river frontage. <br /> <br />Another 3/4 mile to the west is the Anoka County's Mississippi West Regional Park. This <br />park is currently a combination of wooded areas and abandoned agricultural land <br />being restored to prairie. Anoka County will be making park improvements to this <br />property in the future. <br /> <br />Approximately one mile west of the Anoka County / Sherburne County line is the <br />Historic Oliver Kelley Farm. This farm is owned by the Minnesota Historical Society and <br />is used as an interpretive center and working example of an 1860's Farm. <br /> <br />C. Planned Improvements for Highway 10 <br /> <br />The Minnesota Department of Transportation has indicated that Trunk Highway 10is <br />an Interregional Transportation Corridor. The TH 10 Corridor Management Plan calls <br />for conversion of TH 10 to a freeway, from TH 101 in Elk River to Main <br />Street/Green haven Road in Anoka. The Anoka portion of this project will involve <br />removing two signalized intersections at Fairoak and Thurston Avenue. <br /> <br />MNDOT has provided some preliminary layouts forthis area; howeverthe entire project <br />is still in the preliminary phases. The future right of way lines are not known at this time, <br />however the trail layout sheets show the most recent MNDOT proposed right of way <br />lines, where applicable. <br /> <br />In addition to the proposed improvements to TH 10, a proposed bridge crossing the <br />Mississippi River, connecting the cities of Ramsey and Dayton, is planned within the <br />area east of Bower's Dr.N.W. (See Sheet 2 of 8). This bridge crossing should provide <br />additional pedestrian opportunities connecting Hennepin County. Currently, bridge <br />crossings are at Elk River and Anoka. The design of the bridge and connecting <br />interchanges should take the regional trail corridor into consideration. <br /> <br />D. Ramsey Town Center Multi Modal Facility <br /> <br />Ramsey Town Center is a 369.5 acre development north of Highway 10, between <br />Armstrong Boulevard and Ramsey Boulevard NW, in the City of Ramsey. This <br />development will include 2400 residential units and 1.65 million square feet of <br />commercial, industrial, and institutional space. <br /> <br />This project will include a Northstar Rail Station and parking garage. The Ramsey Town <br />Center Project also includes a trail link directly south of the rail station in a southerly <br />direction. In the future there will be a pedestrian bridge over TH 10 and the railroad <br />tracks for a direct connection to the Mississippi West Regional Park and the Regional <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />21 <br />