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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 />tANg:?'. ... . . ..M:... .IA1\l....ANO... <br />SU::>EWALKBOULEVAR.OBtKE.ORIVE .O~J~ . LE.FT-TURNLANE: .ORIVEDR1VEBIKE60UlEVA~DS.DEWAU< <br />L ~ j:~.:.:.I.. LANE.-L.....LANE.. .1.. .. .....1 ... I.. LANE.','..L.ANE .i'.~...'.'..'.'...'...t:."....'..'.'..'....'.. ..-L.... ...... ... .....,. <br /> <br />: '35.".. .' ..' .'. . . . . , . . ". .....t <br />1.'1' ........ .8' --- 2--:- .... 11' . ... . . .11'..............17.... m11.............._n...............J.s. 2'8' .''''''''' <br /> <br /> <br />r ill 72~ "",., <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />I.. <br /> <br />44' <br /> <br />.1- <br /> <br />44" <br /> <br />e8." ROW <br /> <br />'Ii. <br /> <br />... , <br />