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approximately 900 feet at the south edge of the single family homes and where the rebuilt portion of Country Drive ends. The elevations in the area of the single family homes gradually rises to between 910 and 915 feet and remain quite flat through the vacant land, Nadeau Road and up to Yorktown Drive at Condit Street. The elevation of I -35E in this area is approximately 890, or up to 25 feet lower than the current elevation of Country Drive and the land in this area. As one moves north from Yorktown Ridge and Condit Street, the elevations moderately decrease down to Owasso Boulevard. The freeway elevations gradually increase as one moves north from the area of the waterworks right -of -way towards I -694. In fact, the freeway continues to rise so that in the northern portion of this study area, it is actually higher than Country Drive. Exhibit A, Existing Development of this report has topographic information of the area and Exhibits D and E cross section information for the area. Proposed Realignment. The new alignment for Country Drive which is being proposed primarily follows Condit Street and is shown in all attached Exhibits. As was eluded to earlier, this idea is being considered to promote economic development along the west side of I -35E. It is hoped that by moving Country Drive further west that the property between the freeway and the new road will be more marketable if it's elevation can be lowered to within ten or twelve feet of that of I -35E. This will be analyzed in greater detail in a later section of this report. To accomplish the proposed realignment, land from private property owners will need to be acquired. This is because a 60 foot right -of -way is being proposed while portions of Condit Street currently only have a 30 foot right -of -way. Our office has estimated that as shown in the concept plan prepared by the City Engineer, approximately 2.6 acres of privately owned property would need to be acquired for the additional right -of- way needed to accommodate the plan. The existing right -of -way of Country Drive between the two end points of the proposed new right -of -way is approximately 3.7 acres in area. This land, if the realignment is implemented, will probably be added to the adjoining properties to create larger buildable areas. Plan Impacts. The plan to realign Country Drive to the west on Condit Street raises some concerns and potential problems which need to be considered. These include: * The introduction, of commercial and industrial traffic from the industrially zoned area north of Owasso Boulevard into the area south of Owasso Boulevard may prove to be inappropriate. With the current alignment of Country Drive, the area between Nadeau Road and Owasso Boulevard is fairly isolated from through traffic and is a quiet residential neighborhood. The alignment as proposed will direct most all of the vehicular traffic between Little Canada Road and Industrial Park on the north directly into Page 25