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City of Mounds View | 2040 Comprehensive Plan DRAFT September 21, 2020 Chapter 5: Transportation | 5-6 Revisioning Mounds View Boulevard In 1999, MnDOT completed the MN Highway 610 bridge across the Mississippi River. The new bridge resulted in a significant decrease in traffic on County Road 10, from 43,000 Average Daily Traffic (ADT) in 1999, to 26,500 ADT in 2001. In 2002, the City completed the County Road 10 Redevelopment and Revitalization Plan. The Plan considered realignment of several odd-angled intersections of County Road 10 (Mounds View Blvd), but focused on two intersections; (1) County Road H2, and (2) Long Lake Road. When the plan was made public, several affected landowners opposed the proposed realignments because of the needed land takings. The plan was shelfed. Since that time, a number of development projects have occurred at these two intersections, rendering the 2002 realignment plan obsolete. Over the years, the City Council has had numerous conversations regarding improving the Mounds View Blvd corridor, focusing on trails, landscaping, and streetscaping, in addition to redevelopment. The City has no plans to improve the roadway itself. If and when Ramsey County considers reconstruction of the roadway, the City wishes to consider converting it from a rural section with open ditches, to an urban section with storm sewer, curb & gutter. This would allow a landscaped median, and significant visual improvements to the corridor. Such a plan would involve the roadway segment between I-35W in Mounds View, and MN Highway 65 in Spring Lake Park, necessitating a coordinated project with Ramsey County, Anoka County, and the two cities. Ramsey County has no plans for County Road 10 within its 2019-2023 Transportation Improvement Plan, although the topic is on the minds of Staff from the City and County..