3D, US 10 Highway 96 Interchange Improvements – Municipal Cons

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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — Ju1y; 1 1, 241 I � 6_A_ HighK�ay 96/TH 1 D Intej-state P��ojecl — Public Hearing {cantinued} CounciEmember Holden asked ��rhat rrzade Mr. Tolaas thir�k the City would get funding to fnish the trail_ Mr. Tolaas stated f�zndi�g w-a�ld be far replacer�-�ent of �he interchange itself Ramsey County is assuming irt today's environrnent this project waulci score well for funding. The m�im�m that ca�zlcE be received is $73 millian and the County would approach Mn/DOT %r a portion of the costs and additional State funds_ He assured the Council that if this struck�re is replaced t�ere would be a trail or sidewalk incli�cied. Councilmember Holden asked why Highway �0 was not going under Highway 96. If High:way 10 went under Highway 96 there would be less o�a noise irnpact than the currer�t proposal. Mr. Totaas stated this road design had been looked into b�t the cost for this type of reconstntc#ion was too great. Mayor Grant opened t�e public hearing at 7:47 p.m. Ms. Joan Dosedel, 4633 Hi�hway ] 0_ Arden Hills, stated she would like to know more abaut th� noise problem �ecattse she unders�ood that ii was �oing to be a terr�porary road that was going in, there would be six or seven hom�s taken at that taeation, and tlzat there is no noise abatement gaing in_ She asked if this was sti11 going to be temporary or if tk�ere wouid �e something done about those homes because the noise, which is already had, wil� increase considerabiy. Mr. ToEaas stated the service roa� that comes down in front of the hot�es along Highway 10 would remain in place. There will be a cul-de-sac thaT will ailaw for t�rning around and there wilt be no through movernents and na direci connection to the Hig�way. The ra�np area wilI get slightly closer_ When the noise analysis was dane, the home sites in this area did not meet the Federai criteria for che installation af saund walls. Even thaugh the noise may exceed the State ar Federai levels, this area does nat meet the cost effeciiveness g�idelines. The road will r�ot be shifting a great deal so the ciecibel increase is not significant. Councel�etxtber Hotden stated it had been talked about far years that the homes in this area �ould be baught o�t. S�e asked Mr. Tolaas if this was th� case. Mr. Tolaas stated he �ad not l�eard this vt�ith this project. When ihe Rya� Group's proposai for redevelaprzaent of the TCAAP property was an option, there were a number of transpo�tation improvements thaE had been Iooked at including a new intercl�ange �n the area of the Big IO Bar. The purchase of these proper�ies had never been a pa�i of the Highway 14/Highway 96 grade separation praject. Mn/DOT has never had any propasals that would require the caking of these homes eit�er_ T�te tetnporary ramp thai is being pui in place may or may not stay depending an how TCAAP is developed. Ms. Jolene Poucher, 1548 Briarknoli Drive, stated that going northbaund on Highway 14 to turn east off of Highway �0 onto Highway 96 was ta�ked about, hawever the Hamline Avenue exit closure