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Table 2- Estimated 2030 Annual Vehicle Hours of Travel and Delay By 2030, the estimated total annual travel time for Alternative 3MOD is expected to be 3.03 million hours, with 2.59 million hours being movement time and 0.44 million hours being delay time. These travel times represent a 35 percent decrease in total travel time compared to the No- Build Alternative. The delay component of the travel time shows about an 80 percent decrease in user delay can be achieved by building Alternative 3MOD compared to the No -Build Alternative. 2) It has reduced costs compared to DEISAlternative 3, resulting to a benefit/cost ratio essentially equivalent to Alternative 2. Preliminary estimates show that the elimination of the three interchanges originally included in Alternative 3 would lower the cost of Alternative 3MOD to a•level comparable to that of Alternative 2 (the 2005 preferred alternative). [Selection of Alternative 2 as the preferred alternatives in 2005 was based, partially, on the higher cost of Alternative 3, which included interchanges that increased the project cost.] 3) It does not introduce substantial social economic or environmental impacts. Although there are somewhat greater natural environment and property acquisition/relocation impacts associated with Alternative 3MOD compared to Alternative 2 (the previous preferred alternative), there have also been social and economic benefits identified by the City of Pequot Lakes with Alternative 3MOD that were taken into account in the current alternative selection. There were no unique or sensitive natural resources impacted by Alternative 3MOD that would preclude selection of it as the preferred alternative. The social benefits of Alternative 3MOD include eliminating the social/community cohesion impacts (e.g., dividing the city. in half, creating safety issues for pedestrians crossing Highway 371, closure of access points within the city, high traffic speed .through the city) identified in Pequot Lakes Council Resolution 06 -23. In addition, the Highway 371 Alternate Route Study found that `while there is certain to be impacts to individual businesses before, during and after the construction of the alternate route, compelling evidence exists that the overall impact to businesses and the City's tax base would be positive. There were no indications that an alternate route would be destructive to the economic health of the City of Pequot Lakes, and substantial evidence to the contrary.' The Study also found that the direct costs that the City would incur during the project would be substantially less for the alternate route than for the through -city alternative. For these and other reasons described in the' Study, the City chose to support the alternative route alternative (Alternative 3MOD). 4) It has local government support: As noted previously, local government support (e.g., the Pequot Lakes Council resolutions and Memorandum of Agreement NOA) with Mn/DOT) resulting in Municipal Consent is an important consideration given the length of time it takes to -� develop large scale projects such as the Highway 371 North Improvement Project. TH371 Adequacy Determination Nisswa to Pine River 6 October 2010 V�liicle � � Aniiial �e1 aY::: y;. ours:of'= ` °:�:�- :-'nrs ' a'iil�io �. ::t........ , :..... ternahv tn�llio . .L ©airs Alternative 1— No Build 4.91 2.21 Alternative 2 3.18 0.56 Alternative 3MOD (signal at CSAH 11) 3.03 0.44 . By 2030, the estimated total annual travel time for Alternative 3MOD is expected to be 3.03 million hours, with 2.59 million hours being movement time and 0.44 million hours being delay time. These travel times represent a 35 percent decrease in total travel time compared to the No- Build Alternative. The delay component of the travel time shows about an 80 percent decrease in user delay can be achieved by building Alternative 3MOD compared to the No -Build Alternative. 2) It has reduced costs compared to DEISAlternative 3, resulting to a benefit/cost ratio essentially equivalent to Alternative 2. Preliminary estimates show that the elimination of the three interchanges originally included in Alternative 3 would lower the cost of Alternative 3MOD to a•level comparable to that of Alternative 2 (the 2005 preferred alternative). [Selection of Alternative 2 as the preferred alternatives in 2005 was based, partially, on the higher cost of Alternative 3, which included interchanges that increased the project cost.] 3) It does not introduce substantial social economic or environmental impacts. Although there are somewhat greater natural environment and property acquisition/relocation impacts associated with Alternative 3MOD compared to Alternative 2 (the previous preferred alternative), there have also been social and economic benefits identified by the City of Pequot Lakes with Alternative 3MOD that were taken into account in the current alternative selection. There were no unique or sensitive natural resources impacted by Alternative 3MOD that would preclude selection of it as the preferred alternative. The social benefits of Alternative 3MOD include eliminating the social/community cohesion impacts (e.g., dividing the city. in half, creating safety issues for pedestrians crossing Highway 371, closure of access points within the city, high traffic speed .through the city) identified in Pequot Lakes Council Resolution 06 -23. In addition, the Highway 371 Alternate Route Study found that `while there is certain to be impacts to individual businesses before, during and after the construction of the alternate route, compelling evidence exists that the overall impact to businesses and the City's tax base would be positive. There were no indications that an alternate route would be destructive to the economic health of the City of Pequot Lakes, and substantial evidence to the contrary.' The Study also found that the direct costs that the City would incur during the project would be substantially less for the alternate route than for the through -city alternative. For these and other reasons described in the' Study, the City chose to support the alternative route alternative (Alternative 3MOD). 4) It has local government support: As noted previously, local government support (e.g., the Pequot Lakes Council resolutions and Memorandum of Agreement NOA) with Mn/DOT) resulting in Municipal Consent is an important consideration given the length of time it takes to -� develop large scale projects such as the Highway 371 North Improvement Project. TH371 Adequacy Determination Nisswa to Pine River 6 October 2010