5.2 Safe Routes to Schools Presentation

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EAGLEVIEW ELEMENTARY This plan does not represent a comprehensive list of The planning team has a lot of discussions and every project that could improve conditions for observations regarding what could be done to walking and bicycling in the neighborhood.Instead, improve safety and ease bicycle and pedestrian it calls attention to key conflict points and potential travel to/from Eagleview from both Pequot Lakes improvements. Recommendations range from and Breezy Point. simple striping changes and signing to more significant changes to the streets,intersections,and Both traffic volume and traffic speed were identified school infrastructure. as significant barriers and safety concerns along the entirety of County Road 11.County Road 11 is a Engineering recommendations are described on the major east west corridor connecting two of the following pages. Recommendations are planning- countys larger communities.In addition,the level concepts and will require additional study to seasonal traffic is significant along the corridor as confirm feasibility and to finalize project well leading to additional volumes. All of this creates prioritization. challenges and safety concerns regarding access to/from Eagleview onto County Road 11 for school MAPS buses,parent traffic,and bicycle and pedestrians The Maps below provide illustrations of certain showing a clear and present safety need for aspects of the existing conditions.The first map is a potential trail development along County Road 11 density heat map of the student population within and intersection improvements at Eagleview and the Pequot Lakes School District. This map will be County Road 11 useful to planners and decision makers alike,as they prioritize the allocation of public funds and The responses from the parent survey indicated resources to best serve the transportation needs of there was a significant safety concern that impacted the community. parents'decisions to not allow their students to walk or bike to school. Currently there is no continuous The Second Map illustrates the relative location of pedestrian facility between Pequot Lakes,and the two school sites in relation to one another and Breezy Point where Eagleview bisects the two the City of Pequot Lakes. communities.Additional safety concerns along the County Road 11 corridor include poor drainage at various intersections along the route. Recommendations were prioritized on the basis of community and stakeholder input,traffic and roadway conditions,proximity to schools,and proximity to and use by priority populations to address equity concerns. 17 I Minnesota Safe Routes to School t *0 tr 6