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Area C Street Issues: Irondale Road: Non-Standard Street Width Impacts Woodcrest Drive: Pedestrian/Bicycle Accommodations Edgewood Drive: Non-Standard Street Width + Pedestrian/Bicycle Accommodations Bona Road: Non-Standard Street Width Irondale Road: Non-Standard Street Width Impacts Irondale Road has existing back-to-back of curb widths of 26 feet between County Road H and Woodcrest Drive and 32 feet between Woodcrest Drive and County Road H2. Both widths fall within the guidelines created by the SUIP standards and therefore, don’t require further consideration. However, there are substantial impacts on the segment between County Road H and Woodcrest Drive that should be known before proceeding with the standard typical section. The southeast lot on corner of Irondale and Woodcrest may require approximately 95 feet of retaining wall and several power poles could require relocation. It is possible to mitigate these impacts by constructing a 24 foot wide roadway as opposed to the standard section of 28 feet wide. This would better match the existing width condition and offer less impervious surfacing and consequently less storm water treatment. However, a 24 foot wide roadway would not match the larger width of the remainder of Irondale Road north of Woodcrest, which currently accounts for approximately 75% of Irondale Road included in Area C. Street width options for Irondale Road presented at the June 2, 2009 public information meeting included the following: 1. Narrow Irondale Road between CR H and Woodcrest by approximately 1.5 feet to the City minimum standard width of 24 feet (7/17=41%); 2. Widen Irondale Road between CR H and Woodcrest approximately 2.5 feet to the City standard of 28 feet (9/17=53%); 3. No opinion (0/17=0%); 4. Write-in (1/17=6%). The Committee recommends (6-0, Bjerke absent) that Irondale Road be reconstructed to the Task Force standard street width of 28 feet measured from face-to-face of curb. Woodcrest Drive: Pedestrian/Bicycle Accommodations The portion of Woodcrest Drive in Area C (between Bona Road and Long Lake Road) is designated as a potential pedestrian/bicycle corridor in the City’s Comprehensive Sidewalk/Trailway Plan. The road is currently 30 feet wide and will be reconstructed to the City’s standard street width of 28 feet from face-to-face of curb. This segment of Woodcrest Drive is an east-west connection to Edgewood Middle School for students living west of the school. Pedestrian/bicycle accommodations in the north boulevard are preferable to the south boulevard since the accommodations will align better with an existing City-owned paved walkway easement connecting Bona Road to Edgewood Drive. A small piece of sidewalk would be required on the east side of Bona Road to connect to the paved easement walkway. Pedestrian/bicycle accommodations would complete a pathway route from sidewalks on the Edgewood Drive to the Long Lake Road. Estimated additional costs for a 6.5 foot off-street sidewalk is $59,000 and for an on-street designated lane is $52,000 over the no accommodations option. The existing turf boulevard would decrease approximately 6 to 6.5 feet for either accommodation and may require a small retaining wall for a portion of the sidewalk/designated lane.