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<br />Item No: 1 <br />Meeting Date: September 8, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Review of the MnDOT 35W Managed Lane Study <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has been studying the Interstate <br />35W corridor from Highway 36 in Roseville up to Lexington Avenue in Blaine with the <br />intended purposes of reducing congestion, improving safety, providing for reliable <br />congestion-free travel options during peak periods for buses and car/van pools and for <br />single occupant vehicles, addressing long term sustainability (20 to 30 years) and fiscal <br />responsibility. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Jerome Adams, MnDOT’s project manager for the Managed Lanes Study, will present the <br />attached PowerPoint presentation and answer any questions the Council may have <br />regarding the study process, assumptions and conclusions. The study examined several <br />potential improvements to address the project goals, such as adding “general purpose” <br />lanes of traffic in each direction, adding high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, adding <br />MnPASS express lanes (similar to 35W south of the cities) and making “spot” <br />improvements at known trouble areas. The results of the study suggest that the best <br />alternative would be adding MnPASS lanes which would also function as general purpose <br />lanes during off-peak times. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Review the attached information and consider the presentation provided by Mr. Adams. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Managed Lanes Study PowerPoint Presentation