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Road B-2 between Lexington and Rice Street was a low priority for reconstruction funds. The road has lower traffic volumes than other county roads, and currently the design meets the capacity. The two lane road accommodates the existing traffic, and would not need to be widened. If the County were to do any proj ect on this segment, it would be a maintenance project. This would be a mill and overlay, with no curb or storm sewer improvements. At this time they do not have County Road B-2 included on their Capital Improvement Program. They would consider worlcing with the City should we determine that some level of reconstruction would benefit the proposed trail project. This participationwould be limited to the cost of a mill and overlay proj ect. Design Guidelines The maj ority of the proposed pathway funding is through Federal Surface Transportation (STP) Funds. To be eligible for the federal funding, the City must meet the standards laid out in the "Minnesota Bicycle Transportation Planning and Design Guidelines" manual. The Minnesota Department of Transportation(Mn/ DOT) must review and approve the proposed project for consistency with the standards laid out in this manual. We met with Mn/DOT staff to discuss the items brought up by the property owners at the April meeting. lu general the facility would have to accommodate two way bicycle traffic as well as have a two foot clear distance on both sides of the facilityto any vertical obstruction. We discussed acceptable designs with Mn/DOT staff and worlced out the following acceptable design alternatives: � 8 foot wide multi-use pathway on one side of the street. This is consistent with the original STP application. � 6 foot concrete trail on both sides of the street. Each trail would be a one-way facility. �r Develop an "attached pathway" design, where we would construct curb and gutter along one side of B-2 and an 8 foot facility. This proposal would have a 2 foot clear/ recovery area to the front of curb. This would require "No Parlcing" along the side of B-2 that the facility is located on. � Construct a 6 foot sidewallc along one side of the road and sign the shoulders on each side of the street as one way bilce lanes. This proposal would have No Parlcing along this entire segment of B-2. � No build alternative: Only build the facility between Lexington and Walnut Street and demonstrate how the goals that were described in the original application would be impacted by the change in scope. The staff at the state indicated that all other possible alternatives should be exhausted prior to coming bacic with "no build" as a proposed alternate. This alternative is not preferred by the Department of Transportation, and would require a prorated reduction in part or elimination in whole of the awarded federal funds. It would be a change in scope from the original application and would require review and approval by the TransportationAdvisory Board. County Road B-2 Trail Feasibility Report May 24,2004 �,