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T.H. 12 CORRIDOR STUDY <br />T.H. 101 - T.H. 25 <br />CITY/STATE GOALS <br />PROJECT ISSUTS/CONCERNS <br />(Revised 10-1-90) <br />Mn/DOT <br />Goal 1. Accommodate through trips by auto and trucks at a high level of service along T.H. <br />11 <br />Goal 1 Provide for the safe movement of vehicles along T.H. II <br />Goal 3. Enhance the economic vitality of the State of Minnesota. <br />Goal 4. Prese,ye the quality of the natural environment along T.H. II <br />Issues: <br />• obtaining political consensus on preferred corridor <br />• availability and source of funding for design and construction <br />• characteristics of new roadway (freeway vs. expressway) <br />• access to T.H. 12 (type and spacing) <br />Metropolitan <br />• compatibility of project with Metropolitan Council plans and policies <br />• characteristics of upgraded T.H. 12 (freeway vs. expressway) <br />• establishment and preservation of preferred corridor as soon as possible (in order for <br />municipalities and townships to plan effeaively and to remove uncertainty of <br />potentially affected property owners) <br />LongUkfi <br />Goal 5. Provide a high quality of life for Long Lake residents. <br />Concerns: <br />• impacts on local businesses <br />• impacts on existing homes <br />• impact on tax base (existing T.I.F. commitments and the finanaal abihty to provide <br />necessary public services) <br />• impacts on the natural environment (lakes, woodlands, wetlands) <br />• water quality of Long Lake <br />• congestion on T.H. 12 <br />1