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<br />3 NorthPoint Industrial Park – Lake Elmo, MN │Traffic Analysis <br />January 2022 <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />NorthPoint Development is proposing to develop an approximately 84-acre industrial park located on the <br />southeast corner of the intersection of 34th Street N & Ideal Avenue N and an approximately 96-acre mixed <br />use development on the northeast corner of the intersection of 34th Street N & Ideal Avenue N, in Lake <br />Elmo , MN. The existing site is currently undeveloped. Exhibit 1 in Appendix A shows the project location <br />and study intersections. <br />The purpose of this study is to address traffic and transportation impacts of the proposed development on <br />surrounding streets and intersections. <br />2.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />2.1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS <br />Following provides a description of the public roadways within the study area: <br />34th Street N (CSAH 14) is an east -west roadway that runs along the northern boundary of the <br />proposed industrial site and on the southern boundary of the proposed mixed-use site. 34th Street N is <br />a 4-lane divided roadway with turn lanes provided at major intersections. 34th Street N is classified an <br />A-Minor Expander in the Washington County 2040 Comprehensive Plan with a posted speed limit of <br />55 miles per hour (mph) in the study area. According to the MnDOT Traffic Mapping Application, the <br />existing Annual Average Daily Traffic (A ADT) along 34th Street N is approximately 14,600 vehicles per <br />day (vpd) (2018) west of Ideal Avenue N and 10,400 vpd (2018) east of Ideal Avenue N. <br />Ideal Avenue N (CSAH 13) is a north-south roadway that runs along the western boundary of the <br />proposed site. Ideal Avenue is a two -lane undivided roadway south of 34th Street N and a four-lane <br />divided roadway between 34th Street N & 36th Street N. Turn lanes or passing lanes are provided at all <br />intersections. Ideal Avenue is classified as an A -Mino r Reliever, north of 34th Street N and a Major <br />Collector south of 34th Street N in the Washington County 2040 Comprehensive Plan with a posted <br />speed limit of 50 mph north of 34th Street N and 40 mph south of 34th Street N. According to the MnDOT <br />Traffic Mapping Application, the existing Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) along Ideal Avenue N is <br />approximately 4,250 vpd (2018) north of 34th Street N and 5,200 vpd (2018) south of 34th Street N. <br />Stillwater Boulevard N (CSAH 6) generally runs east-west, south of the proposed development area <br />and turns north at the eastern edge of the study network . Stillwater Boulevard N is a two -lane undivided <br />roadway with right turn lanes provided at intersections . Stillwater Boulevard N is classified as a Major <br />Collector west of Inwood Avenue N and an A -Minor Expander east of Inwood Avenue N in the <br />Washington County 2040 Comprehensive Plan with a posted speed limit of 50 mph. According to the <br />MnDOT Traffic Mapping Application, t he existing AADT along Stillwater Boulevard N is 5,400 vpd <br />(2018) west of Inwood Avenue N, and 4,900 vpd (2018) east of Inwood Avenue N. <br />Jamaca Avenue N runs north-south, east of the proposed development. Jamaca Avenue N is a two- <br />lane undivided roadway ; no turn lanes are provided along Jamaca Avenue N. Jamaca Avenue N is <br />classified as a local roadway in the Lake Elmo 2040 Comprehensive Plan with a posted speed limit of <br />45 mph. According to the MnDOT Traffic Mapping Application, the existing AADT along Jamaca Avenue <br />N is 1,950 vpd (2019).