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is to determine if the City wants to be the lead agency on this project. Councilmember Haas <br /> Steffen has said we may not be looking at the big picture. <br /> <br /> Councilmember Haas Steffen asked what the State's plans are for T.H. #47. <br /> <br />Mukthar Thakur, MnDOT, stated there are turn lanes, bike passes, signalization, etc. slated from <br />C.R. #5 to 180th Way. The State will be spending about $850,000. He added there are no <br />expansions available on T.H. #47 in the next 20 years according to the plans MnDOT has. <br />MnDOT has said #47 will not expand to four lanes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen inquired if the State may be interested in giving up T.H. #47. <br /> <br />Mr. Thakur suggested if the City of Ramsey is interested in taking over T.H. #47, they should <br />write a letter to MnDOT, however, he felt that the turn-back may not happen. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen wondered why not if the State is not planning to have it as a major <br />corridor. Turn-back money should be available to bring the highway up to code. She felt that <br />"no one is holding out a hand with funding". <br /> <br />Mr. Thakur stated that the State has given $400,000 funding for this road. He added that if the <br />City goes the jurisdictional route, the City and the County will be left with it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman commented on the traffic "capacity numbers" and added that we <br />will be over that with a couple of new subdivisions. T.H. #47 will be obsolete. <br /> <br />Mr. Thakur agreed that T.H. #47 will be significantly impacted but there are the smallish <br />improvements planned to make traffic flow more smoothly. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she wanted to know what the law says the State has to do <br />prior to turning back a road. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman asked if the interest is in turning back the road more to the City or <br />to the County. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen replied that doesn't matter. She stated that she would also like to <br />have Anoka County Commissioner Dennis Berg present for discussions. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski commented on the study that was done on T.H. #47. The study looked <br />at deficiencies and the only one is the curve just before you get to the golf course. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen felt that the intersection of C.R. #5 and T.H. #47 is a death trap. <br />Councilmember Zimmerman stated that it's one of the two worst intersections in Anoka County. <br />Mayor Gamec commented on the possible additional MSA funding if the City takes over #47. <br /> <br />Road and Bridge Committee/June 5, 1997 <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />