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County Road B-2 Pathway When it crosses Snelling A venue, the most challenging and significant barrier, it would utilize the vehicular underpass provided for County Road B-2. The grade separated crossing makes the County Road B-2 corridor an excellent alignment for a pathway because it is the only grade separated crossing of Snelling A venue for miles, both north and south. The proposed County Road B-2 pathway project will connect Roseville and its neighbors to the larger regional network by directly connecting to the Rice Street pathway, Dale Street pathway, County Road C Pathway, the Lexington Avenue pathway, and the proposed Northeast Diagonal Regional Trail. All of these facilities have regional significance. o The Rice Street pathway directly links to the Ramsey County Trout-Brook Trail, which leads to the State Gateway Trail. In addition this connection will provide access to the Phalen-Como-Mississippi River Regional Trail, Como Regional Park and Phalcn- Keller Regional Park. o The Dale Street pathway links directly to the Reservoir Woods Trail, which also leads to the State Gateway Trail via the McCarrons Lake Trail and the Trout-Brook Trail and it also links to the County Road C pathway, a major east-west pathway in the City. o The Lexington A venue pathway has great regional significance linking users to the Highway 96 Regional Trail and Grass-Vadnais Regional Park. o The Northeast Diagonal Regional Trail, a proposed regional trail in the east abandoned Burlington Northem Railroad corridor will directly connect the City of Roseville to the pathway networks in the cities of St. Anthony and Minneapolis. The Northeast Diagonal Regional Trail is ajoint proposal by the City of Minneapolis, City of St. Anthony, City of Roseville, Hennepin County and Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority proposed for construction in 2005. The linking of these regionally significant trail corridors will create an incredible web of pathways that provide numerous transportation options to area users. Financial Implications The pathway project has an estimated construction cost of$2.25 million. This would include pathway construction, retaining walls, landscaping, crosswalks, drainage improvements, and street lights. Since we are in the preliminary planning stages, we have not established the right- of- way needs for this project. Federal funding will cover up to 80% of the construction costs, the City would be responsible for a 20% match. Existing City Costs The City has existing infrastructure within this corridor. This infrastructure has been in place for more than 30 years, and is in immediate need of maintenance. We will need to address these needs with this project or include them as Capital Improvements costs sometime within the next 5 years. We estimate that there is $571,000 in infrastructure replacement costs in this corridor. . Pathways: Currently there are 2 miles of bituminous trail in the County Road B-2 corridor. This trail was constructed in the 1970s and is in very poor condition. The width is inadequate for snow removal equipment, and there is no spacing between the pathway and the street. We have this pathway programmed for reconstruction. We have estimated the cost for reconstruction to be $140,000, not including right- of- way costs. Page 3 of3