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LOCp Market Analysis for Downtown Redevelopment <br />!if City of Centerville Economic Development Authority <br />CONSULTING <br />April 3, 2023 <br />Businesses along the west side of Centerville Road <br />through the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park <br />Preserve, over Interstate 35W, and connects to Lake <br />Drive, a major thoroughfare in Lino Lakes. There is <br />no interchange or access to Interstate 35W on this <br />section of Main Street. <br />Main Street is a two-lane road through Downtown <br />Centerville and to the northwest of Downtown. East <br />of Downtown beginning at Blair Drive, Main Street <br />has four lanes. <br />Centerville Road starts in Vadnais Heights about 9 <br />miles south of Downtown Centerville and ends one <br />block north of Downtown. Centerville Road has two <br />lanes through the city. <br />Map 1.3 (on Page 15) shows traffic counts in and <br />near Downtown Centerville. Traffic counts for the <br />road network through downtown Centerville is: <br />■ Main Street west of Centerville Road: 9,400 <br />vehicles per day <br />■ Main Street east of Centerville Road: 10,700 <br />vehicles per day <br />■ Centerville Road south of Main Street: 4,050 <br />vehicles per day <br />The map shows that Main Street acts as an east -west <br />connector across the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes, <br />providing access to Interstate 35E for portions of <br />northern and western Lino Lakes. Centerville Road <br />does not have as much traffic. It appears that most <br />traffic moving east -west along Birch Street travels <br />south to access Interstate 35E rather than moving <br />north through Downtown Centerville. <br />The traffic counts suggest that Main Street should be <br />the primary retail corridor for Downtown <br />Centerville. Businesses located along Main Street <br />will have better access and visibility to more traffic <br />than businesses located on Centerville Road. <br />The intersection of Main Street and Centerville Road <br />is currently a four-way stop. Because it ends one <br />block from the intersection, very little traffic comes <br />from the north end of the intersection, except for <br />times when there is traffic from the elementary <br />school to the north. <br />Visibility and Access <br />Downtown Centerville has good access to points to <br />the east, northwest, and south. The area is well <br />connected to Interstate 35E about one mile to the <br />east The area has good access to the northern <br />portions of Lino Lakes from Main Street and to <br />Page 118 <br />