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WS — Item 2 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 2 <br />Date: Council Work Session, April 5, 2010 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Michael Grochala <br />Re: CSAH 34 Corridor Study Update <br />Background <br />Representatives of Anoka County and SRF Consulting Group were present at the <br />February 1, 2010 council work session to review the draft corridor plan elements and <br />implementation phases proposed as part of the CSAH 34 (Birch Street) corridor study. <br />The council began discussing the plan elements at the March 1, 2010 work session and <br />requested that the discussion be continued at the April meeting. <br />The overall objectives of the study are as follows: <br />1. Improve Safety <br />2. Improve Mobility <br />3. Coordinate Transportation Improvements and Land Use Decisions <br />The work completed to date has resulted in the development of a corridor staging plan. <br />Proposed improvements would not be completed immediately but staged, as needed over <br />the next 30 plus years. The sequencing of improvements would be triggered by safety <br />and capacity needs, corridor development, and availability of funding. The following <br />phases were presented at the meeting: <br />A. Intermediate Improvements <br />Improvements such as roadway striping, left /right turn lanes at select <br />intersections, and traffic signals (with raised medians) as warranted and as <br />funding allows. <br />B. Long Range Improvements <br />Capacity improvements at major intersections, traffic signals (with raised <br />medians) at intersections as warranted, and painted turn lanes throughout the <br />remainder of the corridor as funding permits. <br />1 <br />