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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission. Agenda Item Date: February 23; 2010 Item No: 7 Item Description: NE Suburban Campus Connector Trail Project Background: The NESCC Trail Project is located on Fairview Avenue between Roseville and Falcon Heights. The project begins at County Road B-2 adjacent to Rosedale extending south to the intercampus transitway connecting the two University of Minnesota campuses. The comdor is approximately 3 miles. The project consists of the following improvements: • Upgrade existing facilities from County Road B-2 to County Road B. Existing sidewalk on the west side of Fairview will be widened to $ feet to accommodate bicycle traffic, connecting to the County Road B-2 east-west regional trail. A pathway will be constructed on the east side of Fairview to provide access to both sides of Fairview under Highway 36. • All signal systems i.n the corridor will be retrofitted with countdown timers allowing safer pedestrian and bicycle movement. • The project will construct a new 8'-wide pathway between County Road B and Larpenteur Ave. • Existing shoulders along Fairview between County Road B and Larpenteur will be improved to create bicycle lanes for this section of the corridor. • Larpenteur shoulders will be marked as bicycle lanes and a 6'-wide sidewalk will be added, filling a gap in the existing system west of Cleveland Avenue. • On Gortner, between Larpenteur and Folwell, bicycle lanes will be defined on- street, along with the construction of a 6'-wide sidewalk on the west side of the street. . We will also be incorporating street trees and benches at intervals in the corridor to enhance the experience for the non-motorized corridor user. The City has completed preliminary plans for this project. During plan development we determined that additional easement are needed from Macy's as well as the Minnesota Historical Society. We will continue to work with the property owners on acquiring these easements. Currently the cost of this project is estimated at 51,100,000. Staff is proposing the following timeline for this project. • March 2010: Public Information meeting with residents to go over final plans. • April 2010:: City Council Public Hearing • Summer 2010: Construction Recommended Action: Discuss NESCC Trail Project. Attachments: A. General Layout B. Preliminary Plans- Provided with Digital Packet- not paper