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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Plan <br /> Regional transportation plans have been revised since the 1970's to accommodate <br /> the increased traffic levels on Highway 12 through Orono and Long Lake. A new <br /> 2-lane limited access `through' route paralleling Highway 12 from Orono's <br /> eastern border to the Co. Rd. 6 intersection �� ��'��a,.,�a *� '�� �*��*�a ;r �nm .,,,,� <br /> _ was completed and opened to traffic in December 2008, <br /> dramatically decreasin� the traffic levels on Old Highway 12 and providina a <br /> more attractive alternative to County Road 15 for commuters from Mound, <br /> Minnetrista and �oints west. Environmental and social pressures have <br /> permanently eliminated any plans for expansion of County Road 15 along the <br /> lakeshore. Orono will continue to promote and implement strategies to reroute <br /> traffic away from the lakeshore areas. <br /> Regional sewer service facilities plans were revised t�e three decades ago in <br /> response to Orono's plans for low-density development. Original plans called for <br /> sewering all of Orono with capacity for 37,000 people. But the final Orono-Long <br /> Lake Interceptor was relocated and is in place with a design capacity for less than <br /> 8,400 Orono residents and a limited service area. In the early 1980's, the Maple <br /> Plain Interceptor was similarly designed to provide only limited capacity for <br /> Orono. These capacity limitations are consistent with Orono's environmental <br /> concerns for the rural area and with MCES regional concerns including the <br /> limited design capacity and massive environmental discharge problems associated <br /> with the central sewage collection and treatment systems. <br /> Orono's commercial and economic development has always been centered in <br /> the historic town centers. The shopping, employment, education and social <br /> needs of Orono residents have been more than amply met by commercial facilities <br /> and shopping centers located in Navarre and in surrounding communities. Rural <br /> and urban residents alike utilize these facilities and in fact, the commercial vitality <br /> of the neighboring cities relies in part upon the regional service area that includes <br /> all of Orono. Promotion of duplicate facilities in Orono would tend to be <br /> uneconomic and counterproductive. <br /> Orono's housing plan is intended to accommodate all e�ee�e� lanned <br /> population growth in a wide variety of housing opportunities. The forecast <br /> population increase of�-598 1.000 persons in the next twenty years translates into <br /> a housinb "demand" of approximately �98 600 new dwelling units when <br /> decreasing household sizes are taken into account. This avera�e of 25-30 new <br /> dwellings per vear is consistent with or sliahtiv below Orono's rate of actual new <br /> residence buildin�permit issuance during the past two decades. ��i� <br /> 0 <br /> 0 <br /> ' b <br /> . Based on the Land Use Plan. approximately two-thirds <br /> of these new units are expected to develop in the urban area . <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3B-13 <br />