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Mississippi River Regional Corridor 'Trail <br />A future regional trail has been proposed along the Mississippi <br />River since the late 1970's. Anoka County is the designated <br />responsible unit of government for implementing and maintaining <br />the trail since it will traverse several communities within the <br />County. <br />The City adopted Ordinance 90 -2 (attached) which describes the <br />alignment and right -of -way width for the proposed regional trail. <br />The ordinance was reviewed by Metropolitan Council staff and <br />Anoka County prior to adoption. The City will work through the <br />development process to provide trail right -of -way in accord with <br />the ordinance. <br />Figure 11 illustrates the proposed trail location and trail <br />right -of -way widths. It is intended that the trail east of the <br />Anoka County Park will be a single paved treadway serving <br />primarily pedestrian and bikes. It's recognized that these users <br />would ideally be on separate treadways where high volumes of use <br />are expected, however, no use projections have been generated by <br />either the County or MC. <br />The trail right -of -way west of the County park is wider and is <br />intended to provide a paved treadway for bikes and pedestrians <br />and a separate turf treadway for horses and possibly cross <br />country skiing. With the future bridge crossing, a long term <br />goal is to link this trail with the trails in Elm Creek Regional <br />Park. <br />Interface with City Park System <br />The City recently adopted a revised parks plan as shown on Figure <br />12 (May 22, 1990) which integrates the Mississippi River Corridor <br />trail with other elements of the City's parks plan. <br />The basic concept of the parks plan is to continue to develop <br />organized athletic facility complexes at Central Park, expansion <br />of Central Park and providing additional area for athletic fields <br />nearer the urban area. <br />Smaller community and neighborhood parks will continue to provide <br />open space, passive uses, and lesser developed facilities to <br />serve smaller neighborhood service areas. <br />Trails are proposed to link neighborhoods with major activity <br />centers and parks. The City's trail system is proposed to link <br />to the regional trail in at least two locations. A third <br />location linking the trails is yet to be identified, but would be <br />at a controlled intersection within the urban area. <br />35 <br />