1. April 18, 2013 Luke Lortie, EIT 651.266.7123 Jerry Auge, PE 651.266.7117

2.  Purpose of Project  Schedule  Funding  Proposed Improvements  Questions

3.  Improve Safety ◦ Provide Designated Left Turn Lanes ◦ Upgrade Signal System ◦ Improve Pedestrian Facilities ◦ Increase Lane Widths

4.  Maryland Avenue ADT:19,800  Payne Avenue ADT: 9,000  130 Crashes at the Inters. (2007-2012) ◦ Average of 26 Crashes per Year ◦ 53% of Crashes Involve Left Turning Vehicles ◦ 25% of Crashes involve Sideswipe or Rear-Ends ◦ 22% Pedestrian, Right Turns

5. Collision Diagrams provided by the Minnesota Department of Transportation

6. Top 50 Intersections Number of Accidents June 2007 – June 2012 Maryland & Payne #11

7.  40 foot Roadway Width  4 Lanes  10 foot Lane Width  No Left Turn Lanes  30 mph Speed Limit  Split Phase West Bound

8.  44 Foot Roadway Width (55 Feet at Intersection)  4 Lanes  11 Foot Lane Width  Left Turn Lanes on Maryland Avenue  30 mph Speed Limit

9.  Appraisals/OffersAug/Sept 2013  Property AcquisitionFebruary 2014  Project ApprovalMarch 2014  Bid ProjectApril 2014  Bid AwardJune 2014  Start Construction July 2014  End Construction Sept 2014

10. Federal $1,498,000 County State Aid Highway$1,600,000 Municipal State Aid$1,580,000 Total$4,688,000

11.  Alignment Options: ◦ North ◦ Center ◦ South Alignment  Payne/Maryland Community Center Project  South Option Minimizes Impacts to Residential Houses (Northeast Quadrant)

14. Impacts to Bus Route 64 at Payne Ave and Greenbrier St

15. April 18, 2013 Luke Lortie, EIT 651.266.7123 lucas.lortie@co.ramsey.mn.us Jerry Auge, PE 651.266.7117 jerry.auge@co.ramsey.mn.us