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I I I I I I I I I I I I I "I I I I I I Table 16 summarizes the total number of daily trips projected through the year 2010. The projected daily residential trips for the year 2010 on T .H. #10 is 44,040. During the peak hours, approximately 6,239 residential vehicle trips are projected on T.H. #10. SUMMARY LAND USE IMPACTS ON TRANSPORTATION The projections underscore the importance of providing alternative east/west collector routes to reduce the impact of short trips on T .H. #10. This relief has been provided for a segment of T.H. #10 with the completion of the County Road #116 bridge crossing the Rum River. With the completion of the 153rd/155th crosstown arterial, additional traffic will be routed from Highway #10. This crosstown link will allow residents to move from the western boundary of the City to the new Rum River crossing without being diverted to Highway #10. To the extent possible, the City should encourage the following steps to help reduce impact on the Metropolitan Highway System: Encourage ride sharing by area businesses/employees. Encourage and aid special transportation/transit services for the elderly and disabled. Coordinate with the Regional Transit Board to identify needs and services. Continue with frontage road development along T.H. #10. Strengthen east/west collector routes. Continue pursuing a new Ramsey/Dayton Mississippi River Crossing. Provide alternatives such as walkways and bikeways to reduce short vehicle trips particularly in the urban area. VI. MISSISSIPPI CRITICAL RIVER AREA The designation of the Mississippi Critical Rivers Area recognizes the Mississippi River Corridor as a multiple purpose resource. The Environmental Quality Board (EQB)'s Interim Development Regulations state: Purposes. The purposes of the Critical Area designation are: a To protect and preserve a unique and valuable state and regional resource for the benefit of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the state, region, and nation; b. To prevent and mitigate irreversible damage to this state, regional, and national resources; c. To preserve and enhance its natural, aesthetic, cultural, and historical value for the public use; d. To protect and preserve the river as an essential element in the national, state and regional transportation, sewer, water and recreational systems; and e. To protect and preserve the biological and ecological functions of the corridor. Management of the multi-purpose corridor recognizes that the corridor should be managed by: a Maintaining the river channel for transportation and providing and maintaining barging and fleeting areas in appropriate locations consistent with the character of the river and the river front. 28