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I <br />TRANSPORTATION JUNE, 1980 <br />PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES <br />MAP NO. 15 INDICATES THE EXISTING EXTENT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE IN <br />ORONO. The most frequent service is provided on Shoreline Drive through <br />the heart of the Navarre commercial area and closest to the greatest <br />number of Orono's urban residents. Commuter frequency service is provided <br />through the remainder of Orono's urban area and the experimental service <br />provides flexible-route service to local urban neighborhoods. <br />EXISTING RAIL FACILITIES PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSIT <br />AND FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL FREIGHT SERVICE. The branch rail line through <br />southern Orono once had frequent passenger service to Minneapolis and <br />has the potential for renewed service as a part of a region-wide alternative <br />light-rail transportation system. The main rail line through northern <br />Orono has immediate potential for providing direct rail freight service to <br />the Orono Industrial Park should such service ever be desired by one or <br />more of the industries located there. <br />THE PROPOSED RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION <br />FACILITIES. The complete bike-hike and recreational trail system is <br />described in Chapter 8 and is shown on Map No. 16. These trails provide <br />a coordinated alternative to auto transportation for local trips by almost <br />all Orono residents. <br />EXPECTED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS <br />NO MAJOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED IN ORONO**S PUBLIC STREET <br />SYSTEM. The existing public road grid system is properly located and of <br />adequate capacity to serve all of Orono's expected rural developments <br />without new public street requirements. New rural residential developments <br />are expected to rely entirely on private roads where new access is required <br />by new lot arrangements. <br />In the urban area, a few short local street extensions r<~y occur within <br />the next ten years. Map Mo. 11 indicates forecast urbn-^ development in <br />three locations each of which will probably be served b'. t ;ew public <br />street cul-de-sac. No new urban collector capacity wi;i required <br />because of the limited number of dwellings in these developments. <br />Orono's major forecast street improvement was the construction of McCulley <br />Road as a link in the Ring Route between County Road 6 and County Road 19. <br />This entirely new road is expected to be completely finished early in the <br />summer of 1980. <br />CMP 7-18 <br />I <br />I <br />■ <br />i <br />i <br />■ <br />» <br />m <br />i <br />i <br />m <br />s <br />■ <br />m <br />*