2000-09-18 WC Dept of Hwys Planning Report Review
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WRIGHT COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Wright County Public Works Building
1901 Highway 25 North
Buffalo, Minnesota 55313
Jet. T.H. 25 and C.R. 138
Telephone: (763) 682-7383
FAX: (763) 682-7313
September 18, 2000
WAYNE A. FINGALSON, P.E.
Highway Engineer
(763) 682-7388
VIRGIL G. HAWKINS, P.E.
Assistant Highway Engineer
(763) 682-7387
RICHARD E. MARQUE'ITE
Right of Way Agent
(763) 682-7386
Honorable City Council Members and
Planning Commission Members
City of Albertville
5975 Main Avenue NE
P.O. Box 9
Albertville, MN 55301
RE: Towne Lakes Development, City of Albertville
Honorable Mayor, City Council Members, and Planning Commission Members:
We have reviewed the planning report submitted to our office that was completed by Northwest
Associated Consultants, for the above mentioned development. We offer the following comments
regarding impact to County State Aid Highway 37.
1) Approximately 1500 ADT will be added to the frontage road (6200 Street NE) entering
onto CSAH 37 (based on information in the EA W). The existing frontage road (6200
Street NE) along 1-94 entersCSAH 37 at a present location that is not desirable with
regard to access spacing. We anticipate that the proposed Towne Lakes Development
will result in significant impacts on CSAH 37.
2) It is anticipated that a traffic control signal will be needed at CSAH 37 and the 1-94
westbound exit ramp in the near future. The access spacing is not adequate from the
CSAH 37/ 1-94 ramp intersection to where the proposed development traffic will enter
CSAH 37 from the frontage road.
We would recommend that a detailed traffic analysis be completed to evaluate traffic impacts to the
County Highway system and the State highway system.
We trust that this information is helpful to you and if you have any questions or concerns regarding the
above comments please call me at 763-682-7387.
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Virgil G. Hawkins, P.E.
Assistant County Engineer
cc: Wayne Fingalson, County Engineer
Richard Marquette, Engineering Assistant
Bill Cordell, Senior Highway Technician
Linda Goeb, City of Albertville
Deb Garross, Northwest Assoc. Consultants
Pete Carlson, SEH, Inc. (St. Cloud)
Terry Humbert, MnDOT District 3 (St. Cloud)
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