04-18-2022 Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

CASS COUNTY ROADWAY 18 EXTENSION STUDY – CASS COUNTY, ND 38 7.1.3.2 SHEYENNE RIVER CROSSING ALTERNATIVE B The Sheyenne River Crossing Alternative B is shown in Figure 17. Alternative B realigns the roadway slightly to the north of the existing alignment east of the Sheyenne River Crossing and to the south of the existing roadway west of the Sheyenne River Crossing. Early in the development process for the alternatives, the SRC decided to include an alternative that minimized the impacts to dividing agricultural land in the area adjacent to the crossing. In order to accomplish the goal of minimizing agricultural impacts, the SRC considered an alignment that may cross existing residential properties and result in property buyouts. The property shown as being purchased for this alternative is shown for informational purposes only and the property owner was contacted and informed of the location of the alignment prior to development of this alternative. If the County assumes ownership of the existing roadway and a Sheyenne Crossing Alternative is needed in the future, the County intends to work with the property owner on an acceptable timeline and agreement for purchase and removal of the property, if this Alternative is selected in future analysis. Additional information on the alternative is available in the following sections of this report. 7.1.3.3 SHEYENNE RIVER CROSSING ALTERNATIVE C The Sheyenne River Crossing Alternative C is shown in Figure 18. Alternative C is the alternative that realigns the roadway the to the north to cross the Sheyenne River. This alternative would avoid all physical structures and provide access to all land parcels. Additional information of the alternative is available in the following sections of this report. 7.1.4 RELOCATE CHURCH ALTERNATIVE As previously discussed in this report, the Sheyenne River bank is eroding near the Norman Lutheran Church. Directly across from the Norman Lutheran Church, the top of the Sheyenne River bank is estimated to be approximately 10 feet from the edge of the roadway ROW. The scope of this study did not allow for a topographical survey so the exact location of the top of the river bank in correlation to the roadway is not accurately known. As an additional alternative to be considered, the relocation of the Norman Lutheran Church was included as an alternative. The Relocate Church Alternative is shown in Figure 19. The Relocate Church Alternative would relocate the church to allow for the proposed roadway alignment centerline to be realigned approximately 90 feet north of the existing alignment centerline. The realignment north would allow for maintaining the existing Sheyenne River Crossing bridge while also providing more offset distance between the Sheyenne River bank and the proposed roadway. Additional information of the alternative is available in the following sections of this report.