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January 9, 1985 <br />Ramsey County <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />167 Courthouse <br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 <br />(612) 298 -4127 <br />Michael Fahey <br />Mayor of Little Canada <br />515 East Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 <br />Regional Recreational Bikeway System Plan <br />KENNETH E. WELTZIN <br />Director <br />and <br />County Engineer <br />PHYLLIS F. SPECKER <br />Deputy Director <br />In 1978 Ramsey County prepared a Regional Recreational Bikeway System Plan. That <br />Plan is included in the Ramsey County Comprehensive Plan. Ramsey County Public <br />Works Department proposes to amend Figure 4.5 of the Comprehensive Plan which <br />illustrates the Regional Recreational Bikeway System Plan. <br />A bicycle lane is illustrated in the figure on County Road B2 from Edgerton Street to <br />Arcade Street in Little Canada. The County proposes that the Regional Recreational <br />Bikeway System Plan will include a bicycle lane on County Road B between Edgerton <br />Street and Arcade Street in Maplewood, rather than on County Road B2. <br />County Road B2 and County Road B between Edgerton Street and Arcade Street are <br />similar in traffic volumes, cross traffic, aesthetics, system continuity and land use <br />patterns. They differ, however, in topography. .County Road B2 has grades that would <br />be far more difficult for bicycles to negotiate. Both connect Phalen Regional Park <br />with Lake Gervais County Park. Both Arcade Street and Edgerton Street allow access <br />across T.H. 36; the bridge on Edgerton Street, however, is wider over the highway than <br />the one on Arcade Street, and would better accommodate bicyclists. In addition, County <br />Road B is wider than County Road B2 and could accommodate a bicycle lane at less <br />cost than County Road B2. <br />For these reasons, I request your concurrence in the proposed amendment of the Regional <br />Recreational Bikeway System Plan in the Ramsey County Comprehensive Plan. <br />If you concur, the amendment will be submitted to the Board of Ramsey County <br />Commissioners for their approval. <br />Kenneth E. Weltzin, P.E. <br />Director and County Engineer <br />1<D:m <br />44 <br />