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Al Department of Public Works - Kenneth G.Haider,P.E.,Director and County Engineer ENGINE ERING/OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION/LAND SURVEY 3377 N.Rice Street 50 West Kellogg Blvd.,Suite 910 Shoreview,MN 55126 RAMSEYCOUNN St.Paul,MN 55102• (651)266-2600•Fax 266-2615 (651)484-9104•Fax 482-5232 E-mail:Public.Works@co.ramsey.mn.us April 14, 2001 F ECFIVED APR 16 2001 Terrance Post City of Arden Hills CITY Ut kKULN iALS 4364 West Round Lake Boulevard Arden Hills, NIN 55112 Dear Terry, Thank you for your letter regarding the proposed cold-in-place recycle of County Road E2 between Interstate 35W and Old Snelling Avenue. Ramsey County is planning to cold-in-place recycle County Road E2 during the 2001 construction season. The project includes grinding the existing pavement in place and placing new bituminous pavement. The bituminous curb will be replaced and the striping configuration is expected to remain the same. Recycling is effective at improving the condition of the pavement including sunken utility patches. A recycle project does not correct other deficiencies of the roadway, such as storm sewer or a pedestrian/bicycle path. It will not be possible to construct a path in conjunction with a recycle project. There is too much wetland adjacent to the project. Where there is some upland,walls would be needed which is beyond the scope of a maintenance project. We are not willing to make the road narrower. The road is currently 44 feet wide with 86 feet of right of way. Given the school bus traffic and overflow parking from the school, it is important to maintain the width to provide adequate parking areas and adequate reactionary distances between'parked vehicles and moving vehicles. The City of Arden Hills submitted County Road E2 for construction during our last solicitation of projects in the fall of 2000. Based on the results of that solicitation, this segment of County Road E2 will not move into the programmed category of our Transportation Improvement Program until 2009 or 2010. In order for the project to move up the City would need to finance most of the project. We are estimating a reconstruction project to cost$1,900,000. The cold-in-place recycle project is estimated to cost $234,000. If the city offered to pay the difference, we could present the proposal to our Technical Advisory Committee. The TAC, which is made up of local city engineers, would most likely approve moving the project up. Minnesota's First Home Rule County printed on recycled paper with a minimum of 10%post-consumer content �-` -