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<br />HarwoodPedestrilln and Bicycle Crossing Project Description <br /> <br />vehicular lanes by a 2'X4S high Jersey burrier: the s~conu (less prelcrrcd) <br />alternative of tbis recommendation is to use striping f()r demarcuting the separation <br />between the roadway Emu the bikeway. 'fhe section at lhe bridge t'Or this alternative <br />would measurc as f()llm-vs: 4' (shoulder)-24' (roadway)-4' (shouJder)-2' (.Jerse~ <br />barrier) - 6' (bike/perl facility) (Refer to Figure 3.2 and 3.2 ~t) <br /> <br />4.1 Traffic Volumes: <br /> <br />rhe Iherage Annual Daily -framc Volume data was maue available by NDDOT. The <br />raw data Ibr these counts were collected in 2005 and 2006, <br /> <br />Table 4.1: 2005-2006 Average Annual Daily Traffic Vohmte <br /> <br />AADT <br />550 <br />950 <br />2500 <br />1050 <br />1400 <br />14600 <br /> <br />Count location <br />1- 29 Exit Ramp - Southbound & Dakota Avenue <br />1- 29 Entrance Ramp - Northbound & Dakota Avenue <br />Dakota Avenue East of 1-29 <br />1-29 Entrance Ramp - Southbound & Dakota Avenue <br />1-29 Exit Ramp to Dakota Avenue <br />1-29 - South of Dakota Avenue <br /> <br />5.1 Public Input: <br /> <br />As a part of the Steering Committ<;.:C' !\.kcling held on \,larch I S,h, 2007, a group of 24 Slh <br />gradt' students of the Harwood Communily School was im ired to \ oice their concerns <br />n:garding the safety issues of the Dakota A venue Corridor and the 1-.'~9 hridgl'. It was <br />tlmnd that of the 24 studenls. 13 studenb \\'alked and hiked to Sdl0,.1 al kast some or the <br />time. Filtcen or them reside on the \,estern part of Harwood. Fi\ t' of thOSl' sludents <br />tnncl alone. The various concerns orthCSt, 51h grade students \\en:: <br />High Speed of the cars make them nervous especially <br />Big trailer trucks and agriculture equipment c(\ncern~ them especially \vhen tlll':Y <br />are turning al the ramps <br />One of the swdents mentioned concern about cars met,ting car..., <br />Students were also concerned ...vith the visibility aspect~. Most said when they art <br />riding up the bridge they cannot see the oncoming vehicle <br />Most students identified the following intersections as concern areas: <br />o 1-29 Ramps and Dakota Avenue <br />() Lind Boulevard ami Dakola ;\ venue <br />57!h and Dakota ,Avenue <br /> <br />6.1 The Five E's: <br /> <br />6.11 Engineering: <br /> <br />Fargo" Moorhead Metropolitan Coum:il of Governments <br /> <br />- .3 - <br />