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<br /> CASS COUNTY ROADWAY 18 EXTENSION STUDY – CASS COUNTY, <br />ND <br /> <br />18 <br />The demographic study also provides the number of students from each city that attended during the <br />2017-2018 school year. The total number of students from the Oxbow-Bakke area was 86 or 11.4 <br />percent of the total school enrollment. The nine-year trend for enrollment from the Oxbow-Bakke area <br />has decreased about 33 percent or about 3 percent per year. Based on information obtained from <br />developers and realtors in the Oxbow area, several of the householders that have recently moved to <br />Oxbow are in the 25- to 44-year old age range that typically will have children currently attend or attend <br />school in the future. This may change the trend of enrollment for the Kindred School District from the <br />Oxbow area. The student location numbers and trends are included in the traffic forecasts for this report. <br />4.2 FUTURE IMPACTS OF FARGO-MOORHEAD DIVERSION <br />4.2.1 FLOODING IMPACTS <br />The study area for this project is not located within the protected area of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion <br />and is typically referred to as being on the “wet” side of the diversion. The flooding impacts with the <br />diversion for 10-year, 20-year, and 100-year storm events are shown in Figure 9. The roadway <br />elevations shown in Figure 9 are based on the existing roadway elevations and will be considered with <br />proposed roadway profile elevations in the Alternative Analysis phase of this project. As shown in Figure <br />9, 52nd Street SE holds back water that drains from the south to the north and creates flooding in area <br />fields to the south of 52nd Street. The historic impacts to the roadway due to significant flooding events is <br />shown in Figure 10. The information for Figure 10 was provided by Cass County based on their records <br />and was verified by modeling information that was available from previous Cass County flooding projects. <br />The information included in Figure 9 and Figure 10 will provide a base for any analysis included in the <br />Alternative Analysis phase. <br />4.2.2 IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS <br />Reviewing the most recent information available for the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion, 52nd Street SE in the <br />study area will not be impacted by the construction of the diversion. The roadways in the area of this <br />project that will be impacted are all to the north and east of the study area. County Road 18 east of <br />Interstate 29 will be raised to allow access to Oxbow once the ring dike has been constructed. <br />4.3 FUTURE AREA ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS <br />The current Cass County Transportation Plan was reviewed to determine if any area roadway, bridge, <br />and drainage structure improvements are planned in the next five years. According to the Transportation <br />Plan, no roadway, bridge, or drainage structure improvements are planned in the area. As previously <br />mentioned, there will be some roadway improvements due to the construction of the Fargo-Moorhead <br />Diversion. The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) Statewide Transportation <br />Improvement Program (STIP) document for 2018 to 2021 was reviewed and no significant construction <br />project will take place on North Dakota 46. <br />