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Anoka County 2019 Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 143 county highways, and a state highway. State Highway 65 runs the length of the community from north to south a total of 8 miles. It is a major state roadway that provides access to the northern suburbs to and from the core City of Minneapolis, approximately 25 directly south of East Bethel. The status of Highway 65 in East Bethel was recently changed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) from an expressway to a limited access freeway. Highway 65 holds the main concentration of retail and commercial development for East Bethel. Viking Boulevard (County Road 22) is the city’s main east - west road. County Road 22 is being considered by MnDOT as a future State Highway that would provide for a state highway east - west corridor/connection through northern Anoka County. There are a total of 36.7 miles of county roads and County State Aid Highways in East Bethel. These roads along with Minnesota State Highway 65 provide the transportation backbone for East Bethel. Currently the road system in East Bethel is adequate. As East Bethel continues to grow and develop both governmental and private services will need to be expanded to serve the needs of an increased number of residents of all ages. The new East Bethel Comprehensive Plan lays out the communities’ vision and articulates a strategy to be followed to move towards that vision. FRIDLEY Geographic location and characteristics: The City of Fridley is located in southern Anoka County, approximately 9 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Fridley shares borders with Spring Lake Park, Coon Rapids, Mounds View, New Brighton, Columbia Heights, and Minneapolis. On its western border is the Mississippi River. The City of Fridley is 10.2 square miles in size. The City of Fridley is located at Latitude 45.09 N and Longitude 93.26 W and has an elevation of 850 feet. Public lands: Approximately 14.5% of the communities land area is developed as public or semi-public for uses such as parks, schools, religious institutions, government facilities and other non-profit agencies. Despite being fully developed, Fridley has recently experienced commercial, industrial, and residential redevelopment. Agriculture and forestry: The City of Fridley has no land designated for agriculture or forestry use. Commercial and industrial development and trends: The City of Fridley has a significant portion of land area devoted to industrial and commercial land use. The industrial land uses fall mainly in three areas of the city. (1) Along BNSF railroad tracks from the south border to 61st Ave, (2) in the northern part of the city between the railroad tracks and University Ave north of 79 Way (3) and along Central Ave near the Medtronic and Onan campuses. Few vacant lands are available for future commercial and industrial development. Residential development and trends: Residential land use comprises approximately 34 % of the city’s total land area. Residential uses include single-family detached housing, mobile homes, multi-family apartment complexes, individual apartment buildings, town homes, twin homes, and condominiums. Single-family residential land use constitutes 29.6% of the total land area. Future opportunities for residential development will likely only be due to redevelopment initiatives due to the limited available land. Infrastructure and infrastructure projects: Interstate 694 runs east/west in the southern area of the city. Two State Highways run through the City of Fridley, State Hwy 65 and State Hwy 47, as well as numerous county roads and municipal state aid roadways. Burlington Northern