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� S��eets A rectangulaY' grid street system has been established in Mounds View. The major exception to this grid system is Highway 10 which cuts through the city on a diagonal from the northwest to. the southeast. This results in angled intersections on Highway 10. No major street expansion projects �e necessary or anticipated in the futuze. Some street extensions may occur to allow subdivision and development of exis�ing large deep lots. Some street recanfigurations may also occur to manage traffic. Ongoing street maintenance and reconstruction will be required. Functianal Classiiication: Functional classification is a system to es#ablish the luerarchy of streets that collect a.nd dis#ribute traffic from residentiai neighborhoods to fihe metrapolitan roadway system. The Metiopolitan Council has established a functional classification system for the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The classifications include principal arterials, minor arterials (A and B}, collector roadways, and iocal sireets. The major characteristics of each of these classifications is summarized in Table . The �xznctianal classification of roadways in Mounds View is shown in Figure _. Yn Mounds View there are two roadways classified as principal arterials. These are Interstate 35W and Highway 10-62 (US Trunk Highway 11 �). A- minor arterials include Highway 10 , �Id Highway 8, and 5ilver Lalce Road. Collector roadways include County Raads H, H-2, and I, Long Lake Road, and the portion of Red Oalc Drive north of Highway 10. The remaining roads are classified as lacai streets. Jurisdiciion: Roadways are also defined by the jurisdiction which has responsibility for the raadway. Figure _ shows the current jurisdiction of the roadways in Mounds View. In recent years fianctional jurisdiction af roadways has cl�anged as street functions have been reevaluated. Portions of County Road H-2, County Road I, and ��ring Lake Road will change from county roads to city streefis in 1999. In July of 1999 the jurisdictian of Highway 10 in Mounds View is scheduled to change from the Minnesota Department of Transportation to Ramsey County. Traffic Accident Data: Figure _ shows the lacations af the recorded accidents during the years 1995 to 1997. During this three-year period there were a totai of 514 accidents reparted by either state, county or local enforcement agencies witl�ui Mounds View's municipal boundaries. Most of �hese accidents {233, or 45 percent) occurred on U.S. Trunlc Highway 10, U.S. Trunk Highway 118 (47, or 9 percent) or along the county roads, such as County Road I(5 8, or 11.3 percent), Silver Lalce Road {24, or 4.7 percent), or Long Lake Road (16, or 3.1 percent). The remaining 124 accidents were spread �liroughout the City. The majority of the accidents occurred at the intersections of roadways. The Tnte�sections having the highest frequency of accidenis were all on Highway 10: Highway 10 and Caunty Road H � i';