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<br />K:\016114-000\Admin\Docs\016114_2020-0916_Goodview Ave Feasibility Summary.docx 701 XENIA AVENUE S | SUITE 300 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 55416 | 763.541.4800 | WSBENG.COM Memorandum <br /> <br />To: City of Hugo <br /> <br />From: Candace Amberg, WSB <br /> <br />Date: September 16, 2020 <br /> <br />Re: Goodview Ave Trail Feasibility Plan <br /> WSB Project No. 016114-000 <br /> <br /> <br />Trail Feasibility Overview <br /> <br />The City of Hugo authorized WSB to proceed with a trail feasibility plan for a pedestrian route <br />along Goodview Ave N from 145th St N to Egg Lake Road, as identified in the City of Hugo <br />Comprehensive Trails Plan. <br />Goodview Ave N is a State Aid roadway with a rural section road design that is 24 feet in width to <br />include 11-foot drive lanes and 1-foot paved shoulder in both directions and is signed at 40 mph. <br />There are overhead power lines on the east side of the road, portions of the Hardwood Creek on <br />about half of the east side corridor and there are wetlands on both sides. Egg Lake Road has <br />wide shoulders and a concrete on the south side that connects Goodview Ave N to Hwy 61 and <br />the Hardwood Creek Regional Trail. <br />The following outlines the project process and outcomes to-date: <br />Preliminary Options: <br />WSB looked at several options for a pedestrian route along Goodview Ave N which was broken <br />up into two segments; 145th St N to Geneva Ave N and Geneva Ave N to Egg Lake Road. <br />The options included: <br /> <br />145th St N to Geneva Ave N: <br />1. Elimination of widened shoulders or a separated trail as an option from 145th St N to <br />Geneva Ave N due to the high costs of implementation. A shared on-road route along <br />Goodview Ave N for this segment with Share the Road signage was provided as an <br />option for consideration <br />2. Sidewalk connection along 145th St N from the intersection of Goodview Ave N to <br />Glenbrook Ave N to connect to existing walkways with on-street routes identified along <br />Glenbrook Ave N to Geneva Ave N south to where it meets with Goodview Ave N. <br /> <br />Geneva Ave N to Egg Lake Road: <br />1. 5-foot paved shoulders with 2-foot gravel shoulders along both sides of the roadway. <br />2. 8-foot separated bituminous trail with 5-foot buffer on the west side of the roadway only. <br />3. An optional 10’ wide boardwalk to replace the bituminous trail in specific segments to <br />avoid wetland impacts.