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I I. Background/Existing Conditions I The study area incorporates approximately the northern third of the City of Arden Hills as well as neighboring communities. The study area boundaries include Lexington Avenue on the east, I Interstate Highway 694 on the south, Interstate Highway 35W on the west and County Road I on the north. Exhibit 2 illustrates the study area, arterial roadway network and neighborhoods/ businesses. Major arterials located within the study area include the following: I Highway 96 is an east-west running four lane divided highway carrying approximately 17,000 vehicles per day, Highway 96 is a Ramsey County highway recently turned back I from MnDOT. Highway 10 is a southeast-northwest running four lane limited access divided highway I carrying approximately 37,000 vehicles per day. Highway 10 is a MnDOT Trunk Highway which splits from Interstate 694 just west of Hamline A venue and merges with Interstate 35W just south of County Road H2. I Old Highway 10 is a north-south running arterial carrying approximately 2,600 vehicles per day, Old Highway 10 functions as a collector "spine" for the City beginning off of I Highway 51 in the southern part of the city and terminating at Highway 96 approximately 400 feet west of the Highway 10 intersection. . Hamline Avenue is a north-south running arterial carrying approximately 12,000 vehicles per day. The portion of Hamline Avenue included in the study runs between Highway 96 to the north and Interstate 694 to the south, Hamline A venue is a Ramsey I County roadway. Through southbound traffic on Hamline Avenue merges into Highway 51 south ofInterstate 694, Access between Hamline A venue and Interstate 694 is restricted to movements to and from the east and north only. I West Round Lake Road/Gateway Boulevard is a north-south running collector carrying approximately 2,000 vehicles per day. This roadway is currently named West I Round Lake Road but is schedule to be renamed to Gateway Boulevard in the near future. The exhibits included with this report refer to the roadway as Gateway I Boulevard, Gateway Boulevard is an Arden Hills State Aid street and is scheduled to be reconstructed with raised medians and concrete curb and gutter during the 1999 construction season, Gateway Boulevard provides access to the Gateway Business I District from Highway 96. The roadway is located adjacent to Interstate 35W. Snelling Avenue is a north-south running collector carrying approximately 800 vehicles I per day. Snelling A venue is an Arden Hills State Aid street which provides access to the neighborhoods and churches located between Hamline Avenue and Highway 10. I {' 2 I