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City of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota <br />Summary Survey of Relevant Literature <br />July 19,2007 <br />Anderson, Connie and Daniel Otto, "The Economic Impact of Rural Highway Bypasses: Iowa <br />and Minnesota Case Studies," Office of Advanced Planning, IowaDepartment oiTransportation, <br />1991. <br />Found that discontent of local merchants with the bypasses increasedwith the distance between <br />the bypass and the local central business district (minimal in this case). Several positive <br />externalities were associatedwith bypasses in the study results: reduced traffic congestron, fewercollisions, and increased sales attributed to the reduced congestion and eaííe, porlãng. <br />Buress, David, "Impacts ofHighway Bypasses on Kansas Towns,,, Kansas Department of <br />Transportation, October I 996. <br />Reviewed economic impact of bypasses on twenty-one small Kawqs towns, andþund thnt <br />natiornl and regiornl economic ønd population trends were more important thnn bypass <br />construction in determining economic effects. <br />"Califomia Bypass Study," Califomia Deparfment of Transportation - Transportation <br />Economics,2006. <br />Usingþur Caliþrnia cases, sudyfound that bypasses often lnve a negative impact on local <br />economy in the short term, but thnt retail sales orten improve in the tanger term. Indicates thnt <br />bypasses located close to existing downtowtts are less tikety to hurt tocãl economies. Notes that <br />interchanges þr arterials into the downtown can encourage the development of competition to <br />existing businesses. <br />çDoNJEK <br />"Economic Effects of Restricting Left Trms," National Cooperative Highway Resea¡ch <br />Program, Research Results Digest (August 199g, Vol. 231). <br />Considered surveyfeedbackfrom 250 local, state andfederal agencies related to the question of <br />whether (and how) various types of economic uses respond ffirenily to chnnges in iafficflows. <br />Found thnt effects depend on extent towhich businesses rely on "pais-by" noffi" versus thase <br />that are more desfinaîion-oriented. Noted that property vatue dnla is fficuti to gather and <br />c ompar e among j uri s di ctÌ ons. <br />Sammary lzx4 Aøgttt 16, 2007, Page 5 of 6 <br />"Economic Impact Analysis: St. Croix River Crossing, Minnesota TH 361Wisconsin STH 64,', <br />Economic Development Research Group, Inc., for N/ÍnDor and wisDor,2004. <br />Uses methodologt of projecting impacts on property based on economic use, in a metro context. <br />"The Economic Impact of Ru¡al Highway Bypasses: Iowa and Minnesota Case Studies," <br />Midwest Transp ortati on center/Iowa Deparrment of Trans portati or¡ I 995. <br />Appendix E - Donjek Finat Report Page5of11