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f <br /> WIDSETH <br /> , SMITH <br /> February 25, 20�s NOLTING <br /> Brainerd/Baxter <br /> 7804 IndusVial Park Road <br /> PO Box 2720 <br /> Honorable Mayor and Council Members ��,MN 56425�2720 <br /> City of Pequot Lakes �8'8�'5�� � <br /> 4638 Main Street erainerdC�wsn.us.com a <br /> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 yy�dyethSmkhNalting.com <br /> RE: Proposal for Engineering Services <br /> Tra�c Study <br /> Pequot Lakes, MN <br /> Honorable Mayor and Council Members: <br /> From the feedback you gave us at your February Ciiy Council meeting, we have prepared a <br /> proposal for a Traffic Study to provide you information in going forward with future decisions. <br /> This Study will address the following three main sets of questions: <br /> I. What are the current volumes through the City now that the new Highway is in place and <br /> drivers have acclimated to new travel pattems? How do these compare to past <br /> information such as the traffic forecasts when the new Highway was being designed? <br /> II. Can Patriot Avenue from roughly West Lake Street on the south to Front Street on the <br /> north be narrowed, reduced in number of lanes, or reconfigured to allow parallel or <br /> diagonal parking, etc.? <br /> III. Does the traffic(vehicle and non-vehicle)at any of the studied intersections necessitate <br /> geometric or traffic control modifications at those intersections(now and into the future) <br /> —with special consideration on the existing traffic signal system at Patriot Avenue/ Main <br /> Street and the existing all-way Stop at Main Street/Rasmussen Road? <br /> While focused on these primary questions,the results of this Study will likely answer other <br /> questions as well—but with the understanding that no Study can answer°all° questions. <br /> By providing objective information, this Study will assist the Council in making future decisions <br /> regarding long-term infrastructure expenditures and investments. <br /> Follow-up preliminary layout figures,feasibility studies, and cost estimating will most likely be <br /> needed, but are not included in this Study. Such focused follow-up efforts would be conducted <br /> only on those areas selected by the Council at a future date. <br /> Scope of Work <br /> The tasks of this Study will consist of the following (lettered for reference): <br /> A. Obtain prior MnDOT/County/City traffic counts as well as data/forecasts from MnDOT Traffic <br /> Counts and studies of the 4-lane Highway 371 re-routing. <br /> Engineering I Architecture I Surveying i Fnvironmental <br />