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<br />r- <br /> <br />" ;--,---",,,-,- -~ "--=-".:.-.-- -:-:;.;~:......:....,.;. -:-.:--.:::;:::::::::-_~~-:.......::::::::-.:.:.--:....:~~=-:.:-=----- <br /> <br />SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2004 NC 3C <br /> <br />S,T. PAUL PIONEER PRESS WWW.TWINCITIES..COM <br /> <br />Road work <br /> <br />(continued) <br /> <br />hope is that the city loses as few <br />historic buildings as possible <br />and that safety is improved. <br />Sidewalks on County 14 are few. <br />"I don't think it's safe right <br />now for either pedestrians or <br />traffic," she said. <br />Contrary to developmeni in <br />other cities, downtown is one of <br />the last areas of Centerville <br />without full city utilities. The <br />properties have private wells <br />and antiquated sewer systems, <br />Bhrke saili <br />And the best time to upgrade <br />water and sewer is when the <br />road is torn up. The city has just <br />begun investigating grants and <br />tax increment financing for <br />funding. <br />Anoka County intends to <br />finalize plans and begin acquir. <br />ing right-of-way property in <br />2005, said county engineer Doug <br />Fischer. . Construction will not <br />begin until 2006. <br />The road is an important <br />east.west connection for Center- <br />ville, Lino Lakes and Hugo. <br />More than 6,000 vehicles a <br />day travel the road near I-35W, <br />and the road carries 12,000 <br />vehicles a day near I-35E and <br />downtown Centerville, accord- <br />ing to county estimates. Those <br />numbers are expected to double <br />over the next 20 years, Fischer <br />salli <br />Early plans called for <br />expanding the road from two to <br />four lanes. But area residents <br />complained that was too much <br /> <br />CONTINUED FROM PAGE lC <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />road, considering that it runs <br />through . Centerville . and the <br />Rice. Creek Chain of Lakes <br />Regional Park. <br />The plan was scaled back. <br />Most of the road will be two <br />lanes, with an intermittent cen- <br />ter turn lane through the park <br />and a continuous turn lane in <br />Centerville, Fischer said. The <br />stretch between Centerville's <br />. eastern border and I-35E will be <br />four lanes. . <br /> <br />PHOTOS COURTESY MARY CAPRA <br /> <br />This photo, <br />taken about <br />a century ago, <br />shows the <br />building that <br />has become <br />Kelly's Korner, <br />a Centerville <br />tavern. The <br />building was <br />constructed in <br />the 18605. <br /> <br /> <br />Rowboats line Lake Peltier in a photo probably taken in the <br />19405 or 19505. The cars are traveling on County Road 14. <br />