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Marc Culver, PE February 12, 2015 City of Roseville Page 4 Snelling Avenue is a four-lane divided roadway with a posted speed limit of 50 mph. County Road C is a four-lane divided roadway with a posted speed limit of 45 mph. County Road D is four-lane undivided roadway west of Wilder Street and a two-lane undivided roadway east of Wilder Street with a posted speed limit of 35 mph. Twin Lakes Parkway, which currently extends from Cleveland Avenue to Prior Avenue, is a two-lane divided roadway with a posted speed limit of 30 mph. The remaining study roadways are two-lane undivided roadways with a 30 mph speed limit. Currently, all of the study intersections are controlled by traffic signals, with the exception of the following: Cleveland Avenue/Iona Lane, Cleveland Avenue/County Road C2, and Fairview Avenue/ Terrace Avenue are unsignalized with side-street stop control Fairview Avenue/Lydia Avenue and County Road D/Fairview Avenue/New Brighton Road intersections are unsignalized with all-way stop control Twin Lakes Parkway/Mount Ridge Road intersection is a single-lane roundabout Existing geometrics, traffic controls, and volumes within the study area are shown in Figure 2. Traffic Volume Comparison The current study is the first comprehensive review of traffic operations and traffic volumes in the Twin Lakes area since the 2007 AUAR. There have been changes to the land use and regional transportation system that have affected traffic volumes within the study area. The following summarizes the pattern shifts observed when comparing the recently collected p.m. peak hour volumes with the year 2006 volumes reported in the 2007 AUAR: Traffic volumes and travel patterns have changed over the past eight years. P.M. peak hour volumes along County Road D (between I-35W and Fairview Avenue) o and along Fairview Avenue (between County Road D and Terrace Drive) have decreased approximately 10 to 15 percent. P.M. peak hour volumes along County Road C have increased approximately 15 percent o near Cleveland Avenue, 50 percent near Fairview Avenue, and 30 percent west of Snelling Avenue. Eastbound approach volumes at the Cleveland Avenue and NB I-35W Ramps/Twin o Lakes Parkway intersection have decreased 30 percent during the p.m. peak hour.