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• • • Several potential locations for utility service connections have been considered: • Shoreview • Ware Road • Woodridge Lane • White Pine Road, approximately '4 mile to the north of the study area, on the west side of Hodgson Road • Ravens Court, approximately 1/8 mile north of the study area, on the east side of Hodgson Road There are several common issues for water and sanitary sewer service in this area. For an area that lacks both utilities, it is financially cost effective to plan both in the same alignment. This avoids the need to acquire easements for separate alignments, and both can be constructed at the same time. However, there are some issues that apply to one but not to the other. In particular, the need to loop the water system. Issues for utility service are described below. Water Main All the properties in the area with existing uses have individual wells for water. Homes on Woodridge Lane have municipal water, but there is no service between the Woodridge Estates neighborhood and Ware Rd. The City of Lino Lakes has recognized the need to connect its two trunk lines in Woodridge Lane and Ware Rd. The loop is needed in order to provide adequate water service, particularly fire protection. Both trunks end near the Hodgson/CR J area, which raises the possibility of inadequate flow. Looping the system allows for better flow and water pressure. Looping also provides alternative service if water is interrupted from one direction. Shoreview: The Cities of Lino Lakes and Shoreview have a water interconnect at Woodridge Lane. In the past, this interconnect provided ongoing, supplementary water availability. Shoreview has closed this connection. It is available for emergency water service, but not available on an ongoing basis. This has increased the importance of looping the Lino Lakes system. Woodridge Lane: Connecting to the Woodridge Lane pipe on the west of the study area is more difficult. There is no corridor between existing homes for a utility easement to connect to the Woodridge Lane utilities. The water loop could run along CR J, then turn north through new development in the study area. The CR J right of way is 100 feet wide in this location (50 feet on each side of the centerline). There are numerous private utility services in this right of way such as natural gas, electricity, cable tv, and fiber DRAFT December 8, 2005 Hodgson/CR J Master Plan page 16