Project Purpose & Description

Project Purpose The purpose of the 4 project is to achieve a smooth ride, To/From Sleepy Eye Legend replace poor utilities beneath the highway, and to enhance pedestrian Project Area Business Route accommodations. Hwy 4 Detour Proposed Mini- Project Description Highway 4 through the City of St. James is in poor condition and in St. James1 Northside2 disrepair. The city utility infrastructure is also in poor condition and is Secondary Elementary currently experiencing multiple breaks each winter. MnDOT received School School municipal consent for the proposed project in December 2014. The 3 project includes reconstruction of approximately 1.6 miles of Highway 4, Armour Eckrich Meats including two new mini-.

4 Project elements include: Nelson5 Furniture • Reconstruct Highway 4 from approximately National Guard • Training & 6 200 feet south of 10th S. to 11th Ave N. Community Center •• Realign 7th Avenue S. to address the skew and increase safety •• Construct mini-roundabouts at the two existing signals on 1st Ave S. 8 •• Provide back-in angle parking on 1st Ave S. •• Replace existing and install new sidewalks 10County Courthouse Library9 •• Bring all pedestrian accommodations up to American’s with 11St. Paul’s Lutheran School

Disability Act (ADA) standards 13 •• Improve aesthetics and safety •• Upgrade storm sewer throughout the corridor •• Update lighting standards and fixtures 12 To/From Hwy 60 Armstrong Preschool/14 Community Education

Project Schedule: County Apr. – Sept. 2015...... Project design Fair Grounds Oct. 2015 – Jan. 2016...... Agency approvals Feb. – Apr. 2016...... Project bidding May – Nov. 2016...... Planned construction

To/From Hwy 60/Hwy 4 To/From Hwy 60 Highway 4 at 1st Avenue South

Mini Roundabouts Back-In Angle Parking The two mini-roundabouts will be constructed at the is surrounded by a continuous travel . The mini- Back-in angle parking will be constructed on the south of 1st Ave S. with Armstrong Blvd and 1st roundabout is designed to allow passenger cars to use side of 1st Ave S. between 7th S and Armstrong Ave S. with 7th St S. Mini-roundabouts are much smaller the travel as they travel around the central island. Blvd. Back-in angle parking provides a reduced risk of than traditional roundabouts, allowing for its construction Buses and trucks may travel over the central island to crashes, improves visibility, simplifies parking maneuvers, within a physically constrained location. They are an ideal complete turning movements. and improves loading and unloading of vehicles. intersection for two-lane urban intersections. They provide better safety, flow, fuel efficiency and air quality. Quick Facts: Quick Facts: •• 1/2 the overall motorist delay of a traffic signal •• Parking maneuver is similar to but easier than The mini-roundabouts will contain approach lanes •• 1/3 fewer vehicles stopping than with a traffic signal parallel parking with a median to ensure drivers are slowing down prior •• 1/3 less vehicle emissions and fuel consumption •• Vehicle doors and trunk are more readily accessible to entering the intersection. The center of the mini- •• 1/4 decrease in crashes anticipated from roundabouts will contain a central island, which •• Shorter pedestrian crossings •• Improved visibility of traffic when leaving the stall Construction Staging Layout