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• Cross streets can be used as welcoming gateways to the various neighborhoods along the corridor. 10 • Accommodations can be made for non-motorized crossings of TH 10, along with parallel trail and sidewalk routes within and adjacent to the corridor. • Uses sensitive to the high traffic volumes of TH 10 can be buffered without building an opaque wall. It is equally important to roadway users and community businesses alike that roadside developments, neighborhoods and community character be evident from the roadway. Beiuiing and landscaping can be used effectively to accomplish both goals when placed strategically. Likewise, the integrity of residential properties abutting Section 9 land uses must be protected or enhanced with effective landscape buffering and screening. • Canopy trees can be utilized along the entire corridor, within or adjacent to the right-of-way, to provide character to the roadway edge and to help minimize the perceived width of the TH 10 right-of-way by contributing to more of a pedestrian scale. Regarding Section 9 specifically, the following design recommendations can be implemented during property development and redevelopment to enhance the area's identity. • Areas of transition between abutting and conflicting land uses area often non-existent. Existing and future residential areas within and immediately adjacent Section 9 properties must be protected through the use of effective buffering techniques that utilize earth berms and landscaping. • The creation of pedestrian connections with adjacent neighborhoods can be encouraged to promote activity and a sense of community within Section 9. • The wetlands and the wetland fringe can be used as organizing elements and as public open space. This element is extremely important to how the south side of TH 10 is developed and, ultimately, perceived. Uses established on properties abutting the wetland should incorporate views of the wetland area in site design and building organization. In order for this amenity to be optimized, the following approaches can be used: o Remove debris and foreign material from wetland and surrounding vacant land; o Incorporate new plant material along the wetland edge that is consistent with the natural growth; o Provide trails segments that encircle the wetland and extend to create neighborhood connections; o Provide interpretive signing, boardwalks and overlooks that enhance the wetland and the public's enjoyment of it without detracting from the natural setting. • Employ the St. Paul water utility easement as a greenway that can be used as a linkage in the east/west community trail and to adjacent neighborhoods and residential or commercial developments in the area. This greenway also can be used along with the wetland basin as an • organizing element for this subarea of Section 9. Levels of improvement for this easement could include pedestrian level lighting, boulevard plantings (shrubs, perennial gardens), pedestrian furniture (benches, trash receptacles) and, perhaps, public art. 29