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<br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: October 27, 1987 <br />TO: Maurie Anderson, Parks Director <br />FROM: Brenda Krueger, Community Development Specialist <br />SUBJ: Trunk Highway 96 Task Force <br />I am representing New Brighton on a task force planning for the long range <br />design of Trunk Highway 96. The task force, spearheaded by the City .of <br />Shoreview, is made up of members representing the communities adjacent to <br />Trunk Highway 96 (New Brighton, Arden Hills, Shoreview, North Oaks, Vadnais <br />Heights, White Bear Lake, and White Bear Lake Township) . The Minnesota <br />Department of Transportation {Mn/DOT) is providing technical assistance to the <br />task force. <br />In addition to discussing the actual roadway design the task force is planning <br />for the boulevard areas including sidewalks, bike .paths and landscaping. I am <br />requesting that the Park Board review the attached information complied so far <br />and comment especially on the boulevard areas of New Brighton's portion of <br />Trunk Highway 96. <br />Please note an attached resolution from the Ramsey County Board of <br />• Commissioners supporting a separated. bike/pedestrian path for the entire <br />length of Trunk Highway 96. The attached drawing for New Brighton, .prepared <br />by myself, shows a bike path as part. of the roadway. However,. a separated <br />bike path consistent with the desires of Ramsey County, Arden Hills and <br />Shoreview would probably be more appropriate.. <br />As background information Mn/DOT classifies Highway 96 as a minor. arterial <br />route; a route which provides access and mobility to centers of activity, <br />carries a relatively high traffic volume in comparison to local roads, and <br />serves both "through" and "intra-area" trips-. Most of the communities along <br />Highway 96 are experiencing growth and more intense development along the <br />highway. The result has been increased traffic volumes and turning movement <br />problems . <br />That portion of Highway 96 which most directly affects New Brighton is the <br />Highway 96/Old Highway.8 intersection, the Highway 96/I-35W interchange and to <br />a lesser extent the Highway: 96/Highway 10 intersection. The Highway 96 bridge <br />of I-35W is three lanes; one lane eastbound and two lanes westbound, The <br />bridge is deteriorating . The. roadway portion of the bridge. is scheduled for <br />an overlay of asphalt in 1990. Because of the deteriorating .condition of the <br />bridge, other types of bridge repair could also be done in 1990. There are <br />. presently no semaphores , sidewalks or bike paths .along this segment of Trunk <br />Highway 96. <br />C~ <br />