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Staff recommends further study of northern alignments for Inkstrom–Trunk connector; residents back southern alternative
Summary
Staff presented a draft route-selection report for the Inkstrom (Angstrom) Road–Trunk Road connector, recommending further field work on two northern alternatives that score best on traffic benefits despite higher cost and wetland impacts; residents and a community council urged the lower-cost southern alignment, citing safety and right-of-way willingness.
Cole Branham, the borough’s project management division manager, presented the draft route-selection report for the Inkstrom Road to Trunk Road corridor, describing five alternatives (Southern, Northern 1 and 2, Stone Creek–Aspen Ridge, and No Build), the project purpose and need, and planning-level cost and traffic modeling through 2050.
Branham summarized that the Southern alignment is the shortest and least expensive of the build alternatives with an estimated planning-level cost of about $10 million, crossing fewer parcels but sitting less than a half-mile north of the Bogard–Inkstrom intersection. Northern Route 1 and Northern…
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