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Pine Street Access Currently Pine Street is a low volume local road with aggregate surfacing. The County's access spacing guidelines for local roads are; 1/8 -mile (660 feet) for primary full movement intersections, no applicable guidance for conditional secondary intersections, and 1/2 -mile (2640 feet) signal spacing for a local roadway in an urbanizing area. The distance between the proposed development access and Zodiac Street NE is approximately 900 feet. The distance between the proposed access and CSAH 23 is approximately 3100 feet. The distance between the proposed access and 4th Avenue North is approximately 4100 feet. Based on these distances, the proposed access satisfies the spacing requirements applicable to local roads. Access Conclusions Based on the above information, cooperative effort between the County, City and developer is needed to arrive at a long term solution for the proposed access to CSAH 14. As proposed, the development access to CSAH 14 does not satisfy the County's current spacing requirements for a full- movement intersection. However, it does satisfy spacing requirements for the right- in/right- out operation. Another access option involves the combination of two access points into one full access intersection. Therefore, during planning for the upgrading of CSAH 14 to a four -lane divided urban facility, all options for access should be reviewed and studied in detail to determine the best access provisions for this particular area.