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Project Objectives: The overall objective for the construction of this path is to provide connections, as well as increase safety for pedestrians within this corridor. The proposed facility will serve to enhance and provide transportation alternatives for users between a number of features in the area, including but not limited to regional trails, schools, recreational facilities, parks, business and retail districts. The most significant of these is the direct connections between Central Park Elementary, Concordia Academy, Roseville Area High School, Rosedale Center and surrounding shopping district, the Gateway Business Park, the Highcrest Business Park and the Northeast Diagonal Regional Trail. See Attachments A and B for a depiction of the proposed trail, linkages and traffic counts within the corridor. The County Road B-2 trail would provide a safe and convenient link between the local and regional trail networks that will allow users access to numerous area amenities. Roseville, with its current trails system and the proposed additions to that system, has tried to address the transportation needs of the pedestrian and cyclist. Through the development of this proposed trail we are expanding the network of trails into the larger community allowing users safer linkages to the regional system. When it crosses Snelling Avenue, 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 Avenue for miles, both north and south. The proposed County Road B-2 pathway proj ect 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. 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-MississippiRiver Regional Trail, Como Regional Park and Phalen-Keller Regional Park. 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. The Lexington Avenue pathway has great regional significance linking users to the Highway 96 Regional Trail and Grass-Vadnais Regional Park. The Northeast Diagonal Regional Trail, a proposed regional trail in the existing abandoned Burlington Northern 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 a j oint 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 2006. The linking of these regionally significant trail corridors will create a network of pathways that provide numerous transportation options to area users. This corridor contains overhead power in various locations. There are power poles in the residential areas from Rice Street to Victoria Street. Although not part of the original grant