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side of Highway 10 for access on either the <br /> Long Lake Road, County Road I, County Road H2 <br /> and Silver Lake Road bus stops. (See bus <br /> route maps) . <br /> Sidewalks: <br /> Long Lake Road sidewalk runs north and south <br /> of Highway 10 serving connector sidewalks and <br /> also serving Irondale High School students. <br /> Irondale High School is located on Long Lake <br /> Road. County Road I also connects to Long <br /> Lake Road serving Pinewood School students <br /> and Sunrise Church and Daycare. In addition, <br /> County Road H sidewalk connects to Long Lake <br /> Road sidewalk serving both Sunnyside and <br /> Edgewood School students. <br /> B. ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND CONTROL <br /> 1. Relevant Pedestrian Accident Data: <br /> a) Accident information along Highway 10 in the <br /> City of Mounds View has been obtained through <br /> Mounds View Police records and also State Trooper <br /> records. The number of accidents is 410 reported <br /> from the State (1989- present) and 131 reported <br /> from the Mounds View Police Department (1986 to <br /> present) . <br /> b) Additional data demonstrates that Highway 10 is <br /> prone to accident patterns because of the high <br /> volume of traffic (523 1990 transit ridership; 688 <br /> forecast 2010 transit ridership) andbecause of <br /> the 50 miles per hour speed of Highway 10 and 35 <br /> miles per hour of County Roads and 30 miles per <br /> hour for City roads. <br /> In addition, the density of use along Highway 10 <br /> and the presence of 8 crossing intersections along <br /> the portion of Highway 10 that runs through Mounds <br /> View and an additional 6 entries from roads and <br /> additional service accesses leading to and from <br /> businesses such as Mounds View Square, Simon's, <br /> and others makes for an "action-packed" traffic <br /> area along Highway 10 in the center of Mounds <br /> View. <br /> A letter of recommendation is attached in the <br /> appendix of this grant from the Mounds View Police <br /> Chief stating the need and support for a <br /> pedestrian/bicycle bridge to offer safe passage <br /> across Highway 10. <br /> c) The pedestrian bridge will function for multi- <br /> purpose use of non-vehicular transportation, <br />