In 2020, Ramsey County conducted a full evaluation of all undivided four-lane roadways in the county road system. Staff reviewed whether converting them to three lanes would have a positive impact on safety and operations. In many cases, 4-to-3 lane conversions can help improve safety for all road users - pedestrians, bicyclists, vehicles and transit-riders - when traffic volumes and use meet certain criteria.

Dataset showing transportation construction projects by year, primary road, county road, construction end locations, description and current status. For current road projects, please visit https://bit.ly/2QbtMRA.

Before development and redevelopment occurs, smart and informed planning at the community level can increase local tax base, reduce the costs of infrastructure to taxpayers, produce less traffic and vehicle emissions, while producing several community benefits.

Dataset showing building permits for construction zoned for commercial and industrial use.

This dataset was created to summarize and analyze development trends of residential housing production in Ramsey County.

This dataset consists of summary data for owner-occupied and rental housing production, based on building permits issued during each calendar year by cities and townships within Ramsey County. Data is collected via an annual survey of community officials, in conjunction with the collection of data on residential building permits.

The data were obtained through an annual survey sent to communities by the Metropolitan Council in conjunction with collection of residential building permits. Respondents are asked to provide project information for the number of new housing units produced in their community annually.

The data on returned surveys were verified by Metropolitan Council staff through various means including parcel data, contact with community staff, community websites, and comparison to data in the Council's Service Availability Charge (SAC) reports where possible.

For this data, projects are counted at the time local units of government-issued building permits.

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