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Land Use and Public Improvements Plan <br />Traffic and Streetscape Improvements <br />Various street segments in and near the district should receive differing treatments in <br />plantings, lighting, furniture and banners, as follows: <br />County Road E <br />From the west side of the Minnesota Highway 51 bridge to at least Lexington Avenue, <br />this road should receive the highest level of Streetscape improvements. Elements should <br />include: <br />• Boulevard trees spaced at an average of 40 feet. <br />■ A planted median that may include trees, shrubs, tall grasses and annual <br />flowers. <br />■ Decorative lighting at the automobile scale (on the existing bases, located <br />200 feet apart, contemporary styling); optional extra: decorative lighting <br />at the pedestrian scale located approximately 50 to 70 feet apart) <br />■ Benches and trash receptacles. <br />■ A pair of new continuous concrete sidewalks (6 feet wide) with <br />connections to adjacent businesses. <br />■ Bollards. <br />■ Annual flowers (in beds or raised planters). <br />• Seasonal banners on the light poles. <br />■ Striped or colored pedestrian crossings. <br />■ Bus waiting shelters. <br />■ A traffic signal system at the future intersection located between <br />Pine Tree Drive and Lexington Avenue. <br />• Replacement signals, arms and poles for the existing signal systems at (all <br />optional): the eastern ramp terminals of Highway 51, Pine Tree Drive and <br />Lexington Avenue. <br />■ Relocating the electrical boxes to a less visible location or screening <br />where feasible. <br />■ A pedestrian and bicyclist connection over Highway 51, which may be a <br />separate bridge, a new bridge, or an addition to the existing bridge. <br />Fiqure 10 Streetscape Cross Section <br />i <br />SLpEWALK BOULEVARD <br />BIKE DRIVE DRIVE: LEFT. TURN LANE DRIVE DRIVE. BIKE BOULEVARD 51f]NAI.K <br />I NE LANE LANE ( LANE. LANE <br />j <br />2 5' 11 �-11'.�.r 17--�--�-•-11'�11' �LANE'�,�'�«.� <br />72` <br />r*r 4' <br />88'. RAIN <br />