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• 11/09/06 Mr. Jeff Smyser City Planner 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 COUNTY OF ANOKA Public Services Division HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1440 BUNKER LAKE BLVD. NW, ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 (763) 862 -4200 FAX (763) 862 -4201 2006 Nov � /, caNt Re: Comments on the Nature's Refuge Residential Subdivision EAW Dear Mr. Smyser: Thank you for providing us the opportunity to comment on the proposed Nature's Refuge Residential Subdivision EAW for approximately 232 acres in the City of Lino Lakes. The following comments have been gathered from the Highway Department: • CSAH 14 is one of the few continuous east -west routes in Anoka County. It is a Principal Arterial roadway that is expected to carry a significant amount of traffic as the communities in the area develop because it connects to other major freeway facilities and other principal arterials. Because CSAH 14 is a Principal Arterial roadway, safety and mobility are of primary concern to the County. • Anoka County and the City of Lino Lakes adopted the TH 242 /CSAH 14 Access Management Study to ensure and enhance safety and long -term mobility on the TH 242 /CSAH 14. As part of the study, a general access strategy was developed and applied to the corridor. Within the study area for Nature's Refuge, no full access location has been identified. Full access locations with traffic signals have been identified for Lake Drive (CSAH 23) and for Wood Duck Trail. Lino Lakes Elementary, which presently has direct driveway access to CSAH 14, is expected to keep its access locations for bus circulation as long as safety is not an issue. Right - in/right -out access has been identified for other locals streets (Aenon Place and Nancy Drive). • Anoka County and the City of Lino Lakes also agreed to a future "full build" of CSAH 14 that will realign the CSAH 14 corridor north of its present condition and provide interchange access NOV ?006 crry c ::._ EKES