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Summary <br /> • <br /> This report has presented the results of various analyses performed around the intersection of <br /> Highway 96 and Highway 10 in order to provide the Council with the information necessary to <br /> select the best fit design of the intersection for Arden Hills. The traffic analyses indicates that <br /> the current intersection functions poorly at PM Peak Hours and will continue to decline unless <br /> the intersection is grade separated or Highway 10 is expanded to six through lanes. The <br /> traffic model also indicated that a key access point to a redeveloped TCAAP site would need <br /> to be located along Highway 10 between Highway 96 and Interstate 35W. The Highway 96 and <br /> Highway 10 intersection is limited in the role it can play relative to future.access to the TCAAP <br /> site. <br /> Four basic alternative layouts were considered for the Highway 10 and Highway 96 Interchange. <br /> All four are constructable but have widely varying implications relative to cost,private property, <br /> safety, access and adaptability for the future. Layout#1 maintains the full access at-grade <br /> intersection and extends Old Highway 10 across Round Lake to Gateway Boulevard. Layout#2 <br /> and layout#3 provide improvement to traffic operations for today and into the future while <br /> providing access for businesses and residents in the Highway 96/10 Triangle and the TCAAP <br /> site as well as other City residents. Layout#4 represents a possible future condition where the <br /> north access ramps have been removed to allow for a new full access interchange on Highway 10 <br /> serving a redeveloped TCAAP site and Highway 96/10 Triangle. Layout#4 could be <br /> constructed today but would pose serious access hardships on the Highway 96/10 Triangle <br /> 40 properties and TCAAP operations. <br /> Budget cost estimates and property acquisition estimates have been provided to assist with <br /> comparing the relative merits of the alternatives. Several other considerations have been <br /> discussed as well including pedestrian access, implications to the alignment of gateway <br /> boulevard, gateway business district access and storm drainage which are affected greatly by the <br /> various alternatives. <br /> • 18 <br />