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114 Mr. Schwartz advised that the Cities of Shoreview and Little Canada had recently <br />115 commissioed an engineering firm for a joint study to upgrade six crossings. Mr. <br />116 Schwartz further reported that late last week, staff had found that the state <br />117 bonding bill adopted in the last legislative session included significant money for <br />118 those communities to assist in upgrading crossings in their City, with most of the <br />119 increased traffic due to fracking sand and crude oil transports to and from North <br />120 Dakota oil fields. In his discussions with Little Canada administration staff last <br />121 week, Mr. Schwartz reported that they had given the engineering firm the go <br />122 ahead to create preliminary plans and specifications to upgrade the crossings; <br />123 however, they anticipated it would be well into 2015 before those improvements <br />124 were completed as they proceeded in creation of "quiet zone designations" <br />125 through upgrades to those crossings. <br />Page 3 of 20 <br />