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<br />land Use and Public Improvements Plan <br /> <br />Traffic and Streetscape Improvements <br /> <br />Various street segments in and near the district should receive differing treatments in <br />plantings, lighting, furniture and banners, as follows: <br /> <br />County Road E <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> <br /> <br />Fiaure 1 0 Streetscape Cross Section <br /> <br />LAN 0: . ....,':PE:. ,MEDIAN' ..AND' .. <br />SI.OEWALKBOUt..EVAR.D8:I~E .DRI~. .O~J\lE.. LE.fIT-TURNLANE .DR~VEORtVEf3'K~.60UWEYARDS~De;wAU< <br />L I j(~s:l. tANE ...lANE ...1 ...lANE. ..LAN€. ..~ <br />..a'~' ~2'.i5'~ ... H,-Ln:~. ...m17\.Lt1'~1l'~ 2'i=a.~,J <br /> <br />r ill 72~ ..1 <br /> <br />I 11 <br /> <br />44' <br /> <br />.1- <br /> <br />44* <br /> <br />I.. <br /> <br />8~l'. ROW <br /> <br />~J <br /> <br />..l: <br />