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COUNTY OF ANOKA Public Services Division HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1440 BUNKER LAKE BLVD. N.W., ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 (763) 862-4200 FAX (783) 8624201 December 24, 2003 Mr. Michael Gtochala, Director Community Development CITY OF LINO LAKES 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lake. MN 55014 SUBJECT: Legacy at Woods Edge EAW Dear Mike, Fust, and foremost, I'd like to thank you for including the County lathe preliminary reviews of this project. A well - designed, safe and titnctional roadway system will be a key component to the success of this project. We appreciate your willingness to work with us on these issues. With respect to the EAW non, our =dor cotes, of course, are the roads, from safety, capacity, and finding points of view. These concerns include: • Currently. the Calmly does not have any improvements planned to CSAH 23 (Lake Drive), nor are any scheduled through 2015. • While tare 2020 Traffic Voluare Forecast in the Liao Lakes Transportation Plan anticipates volumes on CSAH 23 to Increase to over 19,000 trips per day" (EAW pg. 23), the County's 2015 Transportation Plan anticipates volumes of 9,000 on the southwest side ofI.35W interchange in front of the development • Access management in the area between 1-35W and the south project limits should meet the County's Access Management Guidelines. Mn/DOZ's guidelines may also aPPty- • The development - initiated Improvements to the County Road system should be , designed in accordance with the guidelines for plat and site plan review tbe County's Development Review Process manual dated December, 2003 m • The City, County, and may wish to consider a short -, mid-, and long-range programming and finding plan for the road improvements mcommended in the Affirmative Action l Equal Opportunity Employe' RESPONSE 1 The City of Lino Lakes Comprehensive Transportation Plan forecast traffic volume for Lake Drive /CSAH 23 was based on 1996 ADT volumes. The 2002 Traffic Flow maps indicate the traffic volumes on Lake Drive /CSAH 23 near Elm Street were 10,000 trips per day. The 2002 map may include traffic counts from year 2000 and probably does not reflect the growth in the Target/Kohls development area north of I -35W. Therefore, the City believes the existing traffic volumes on the southwest side of the I -35W interchange already exceed the Anoka County 2015 forecast volume of 9,000 trips per day. 2 The development will allow for the closure of one access point that currently provides access to Artic Sandblasting Company. Additional access closures or restrictions will be pursued at the time capacity and safety improvements are made to this portion of Lake Drive.