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Environmental Impact Statement - radioactive monticello

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Description of Site and Environment<br />

* Transportation<br />

Road access to Monticello is south of the power block via Wright County Road 75, a two-lane<br />

paved road that runs roughly parallel to Interstate 94 in the vicinity of the site. Interstate 94<br />

runs northwest from Minneapolis and passes within a mile southwest of the site. Access points<br />

to the Interstate are approximately 4 mi to the southeast and 6 mi to the northwest of the site, at<br />

the State Highway 25 intersection in Monticello and the Wright County Road 9 intersection,<br />

respectively. Access to Sherburne County is via the State Highway 25 bridge in the City of<br />

Monticello, approximately 3.5 mi to the south, and the State Highway 24 bridge at Clearwater,<br />

approximately 11 mi to the north. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MDOT) does<br />

not normally calculate and keep up-to-date Level of Service (LOS) determinations for either<br />

state or county roadways; however, LOS information based on threshold values developed by<br />

MDOT for use in District Long Range Transportation Plans was available for State Highways 24<br />

and 25 and Interstate 94 in Wright County. LOS determinations were made for current traffic<br />

volumes and with the addition of 60 additional vehicles assumed for license renewal. Results<br />

reveal that these roadways could accommodate the demand represented by the NMC bounding<br />

estimate for additional employees during the renewal term without a noticeable effect on level of<br />

service. MDOT long-term future plans (10 to 20 year time frame) included adding capacity to<br />

1-94 in the area and constructing a new river crossing that would improve conditions on<br />

Highway 24.<br />

Table 2-8 lists roadways in the vicinity of Monticello and the average number of vehicles per.<br />

day, as determined by MDOT (2002).<br />

Table 2-8.<br />

Traffic Counts for Roads in the Vicinity of Monticello<br />

Roadway and Location<br />

WRIGHT COUNTY<br />

Annual Average Daily<br />

Traffic<br />

State Highway 25 from bridge south to 1-94 22600<br />

State Highway 25 from 1-94 south 6.6 mri 14200<br />

1-94 east of Highway 24 39000<br />

1-94 adjacent to the Monticello site 4800<br />

1-94 in the City of Monticello 45400<br />

State Highway 24 from 1-94 south 5500<br />

Wright County Road 8 north of 1-94 1700<br />

Wright County Road 8 south of 1-94 1500<br />

Wright County Road 75 south of State Highway 24 1850<br />

Wright County Road 75 in vicinity of Enfield 1050<br />

August 2006 2-33 NUREG-1437, Supplement 26

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