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Lake Johanna Boulevard <br />Trail Design Study <br />Preliminary Design Development Report 7 September 27, 2022 <br />Corridor Context <br />Corridor Character <br />Lake Johanna Boulevard (Ramsey County Road 49) is a 1.5 mile two-way, two-lane roadway with variable width <br />shoulders and a cross-section that includes segments with ditches, bituminous curb, and concrete curb and gutter. <br />A portion of the alignment abuts Lake Johanna with short private lots (accommodating boat docks) and public <br />beach and boat access associated with Tony Schmidt Regional Park. The roadway runs north-south from County <br />Road D then becomes curvilinear as it abuts Lake Johanna for the eastern portion of the corridor . <br />The majority of the abutting land use is residential although the corridor includes significant frontage through Tony <br />Schmidt Regional Park and along the Presbyterian Homes Senior Living facility near the County Road D terminus. <br />The corridor provides important access from local neighborhoods and the retirement community to Tony Schmidt <br />Regional Park amenities. Lake Johanna Boulevard serves as an important link in Ramsey County’s regional <br />transportation network for the movement of traffic, pedestrians and cyclists. It also serves as a connection <br />between existing trails system along County Road E and Old Snelling Avenue and the Elmer Anderson Trail. <br /> <br />Available right-of-way varies between 50 and 90 feet which is generally adequate to accommodate a trail and <br />roadway; however, topographical, mature vegetation, private landscaping within the right-of-way, and <br />lake/wetland constraints have largely precluded the construction of a separate facility for nonmotorized traffic to <br />date. The current roadway posted speed is 30 MPH and existing vehicular traffic volumes along the corridor range <br />from 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles per day. <br />Figure 2: Looking north from County Road D towards Sandeen Road <br /> <br />