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COUNTY OF ANOKA Public Services Division HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1440 BUNKER LAKE BLVD. N.W., ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 (612) 862 -4200 FAX (612) 862 -4201 . _ From the desk of JON G. OLSON, PE COUNTY ENGINEER (763) 862 -4213 MEMORANDUM April 25, 2000 TO: City Managers, City Clerks, Township Boards, Public Works Directors, City Engineers, County Engineers FROM- Jon G. Olson, PE County Engineer RE: 2001 - 2006 Five -Year Highway Improvement Plan Please find enclosed a copy of the 2001 -2006 Five -Year Highway Improvement Plan for Anoka County. The County Board approved this plan on April 25, 2000, which also shows the 2000 component of the highway budget for informational purposes. Some of the work included in the 2000 component of the Plan is already underway and we anticipate that construction will take place on all of the major projects contained in the 2000 plan during this construction season. The Plan also includes a detailed listing for improvements to the Anoka County highway system scheduled for the years 2001 -2006. This document is to be used only as a planning document and is not a commitment on the part of Anoka County to fund any project in the year shown. In the Anoka County budget cycle, no project is funded until the County Board approves the budget in December of the preceding year. For example, the 2000 component of this Plan was approved in December of 1999 and the 2001 component in this Plan will not be approved until December 2000. The 5 -Year Highway Improvement Plan however, does give direction as to which projects should be pursued through the environmental, design, and right -of -way process so that they can be constructed in the years budgeted. In approving this Plan the County Board made it clear that the Plan was approved subject to the availability of human resources as well as financial resources to implement the components of the Plan. Again, this year, the Plan has a significant maintenance component and includes approximately 2 million dollars on an annual basis for overlays, cold in -place recycling and crack sealing. The anticipated maintenance projects for 2000 -2001 are shown on Pages 8, 9 and 10 of the document. Pages 11 -17 shows projects, which will probably not be improved during the next 20 years. This list is reviewed annually because development pressures change as do the needs of the transportation system. These roadways have been assigned a project year of 2049 and are intended to be roadways which will be maintained in or near their current cross section for the next 20 years. They are assigned the year 2049 only for sorting purposes and that designation has no other significance. Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer