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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW -COUNTY ROAD 10 TRAIL SEGMENTS 1•S <br />Executive Summary <br />The City of Mounds View has developed the County Road 10 Corridor Improvement Program. The Corridor <br />Improvement Program has multiple goals: to revitalize the corridor to create a sense of space and identity <br />within the community and to improve the safety and operation of traffic and pedestrian activities along <br />County Road 10. <br />The Corridor Improvement Program includes the development of a multi-use trail corridor along County <br />Road 10. Eleven trail segments are proposed along County Road 10. Segments 1 through 6 are located on <br />the north side of County Road 10 from County Road H to Pleasant View Drive and Segments 7 through 11 <br />are on the south side between Pleasant View Drive to County Road H. Existing trail segments, defined as <br />Segments A-C, are located at three locations among the proposed Segments 1-11. See Figure 1. <br />The proposed improvements would provide amulti-use facility that is safe and convenient for users along <br />the corridor, provide connectivity between the City and County's pedestrian routes, and create a sense of <br />interaction with the surrounding landscape. Currently, users can only use the existing shoulder of County <br />Road 10, or find alternate routes to cross at the existing controlled intersections at Silver Lake Road/Red <br />Oak Drive, County Road I, and Long Lake Road. <br />A Feasibility Report was completed in August 2006 regarding Segments 9 and 10, from Long Lake Road to <br />Silver Lake Road on the south side of County Road 10. That project is currently under construction with <br />completion anticipated by fall of 2007. <br />As the next step in the Corridor Improvement Plan, the City of Mounds View has directed that a Feasibility <br />Report be completed for Segments 1 through 5, including existing Segment A, along the north side of <br />County Road 10 from County Road H to Silver Lake Road/Red Oak Drive. The total length of the area to be <br />investigated is 8960 feet. This includes 950 feet of existing trail along Segment A, and 8010 feet of new <br />trail that would be constructed as part of this Project. <br />For discussion and investigation purposes, the project for Trail Segments 1-5 has been reviewed in three <br />distinct sections. The first section includes Segments 1 & 2 from County Road H to County Road H2. The <br />second section includes existing Segment A, located between proposed Segments 2 and 3. The third <br />section includes Segments 3 through 5 from Edgewood Drive to Silver Lake Road/Red Oak Drive. Additional <br />alternatives are also discussed which may provide connections to the trail corridor at key locations discussed <br />through the corridor improvement program process. <br />A paved off-road trail currently exists on the north side of County Road 10 between County Road H2 and <br />Edgewood Drive. No other pedestrian facilities exist along the north County Road 10 right of way between <br />County Road H and Silver Lake Road/Red Oak Drive. From County Road H to Silver Lake Road/Red Oak <br />Drive, the project would consist of placing a continuous bituminous trail within the current right of way and <br />incorporating themed landscape elements as outlined by the corridor improvement program. Additional <br />