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RESOLUTION 2005 — 3 I-35 W/E COALITION RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MAIN STREET INTERCHANGE AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, Frenchman Road/l45" Street in the City of Hugo, Minnesota is Washington County State Aid Highway 8 (CSAH 8); and WHEREAS, upon entering Anoka County CSAH 8 becomes Anoka County State Aid Highway 14 (CSAR 14/Main Street) providing a direct connection between the cities of Hugo, Lino Lakes, and Centerville; and WHEREAS, this minor arterial roadway provides access to the primary residential, business, commercial, and recreational areas of Hugo, Lino Lakes, and Centerville; and WHEREAS, the CSAH 14/CSAR 8 corridor has an interchange access to Interstate 35E (I -35E), a route on the National Highway System (NHS); and WHEREAS, the CSAH 14/CSAR 8 corridor will be reconstructed from the I -35E interchange area to Trunk Highway 61 as a four -lane divided highway; and WHEREAS, CSAH 14 will be reconstructed from I -35E to CSAH 21 as a four -lane divided highway, and WHEREAS, the current interchange and bridge are insufficient to meet capacity demands today, and WHEREAS, upon completion of the CSAH 14/CSAH 8 corridor reconstruction the existing bridge will act as a two-lane bottleneck connecting two four -lane divided highways; and WHEREAS, Washington County, in partnership with Anoka County, the City of Hugo, and the City of Lino Lakes have programmed the improvement of CSAH 14/CSAH 8 corridor east of I -35E in their 2005-2009 Capital Improvement Plans; and WHEREAS, Anoka County, in partnership with the Cities of Lino Lakes and Centerville has programmed the improvement of CSAH 14 corridor west of I -35E in their 2005-2009 Capital Improvement Plan; and WHEREAS, this project is on the I -35E Interregional Corridor, a key roadway defined by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) as a roadway that ties the state together by connecting people with jobs, distributors with manufactures, shoppers with retailers; and tourists with recreational opportunities; and WHEREAS, this project will protect and enhance Interstate mobility; and WHEREAS, the I-35 W/E Coalition is comprised of the Cities of Lino Lakes, Hugo, and Centerville along with Anoka and Washington Counties, Mn/DOT, and the Metropolitan Council;