Safe Routes to School Plan

MINNESOTA RIVER

MINNESOTA RIVER

MINNESOTA RIVER

HWY 101

1ST AVE E

HWY 101

PEARSON ELEMENTARY

SPENCER ST S

1 0 T H AV E W

1 0 T H AV E E

WEST MIDDLE

EAGLE CREEK BLVD

SWEENEY ELEMENTARY

EAST MIDDLE

CANTERBURY RD

169

169

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ADAMS ST S

169

MARSCHALL RD

RED OAK ELEMENTARY

SPENCER ST S

169

AVE E

1 7 T H

JACKSON ELEMENTARY

SOU T HBRID G E PK W Y

1 7TH A V E E

SUN PATH ELEMENTARY

EAGLE CREEK BLVD

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SHAKOPEE HIGH

EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY

MYSTIC LAKE DR

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W C OUNTY RD 78

MARYSTOWN RD

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TOWNLINE AVE

MARSCHALL RD

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SHAKOPEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHAKOPEE, MN

Shakopee in Context The Shakopee schools for which program and infrastructure recommendations are presented in this plan include Swee ney, Pearson, Jackson, Sun Path, Eagle Creek, and Red Oak Elementaries; East and West Middle Schools; and Shakopee High School. With the exception of Eagle Creek and Red Oak, which are sited off of County Rd 21 / Herrgott Memorial Dr to the East, the schools are bounded by Eagle Creek Blvd to the East and divided by Highway 169. Each of the schools sits on at least one road that is four lanes or wider. Major vehicular corridors in Shakopee include US Highway 169, Eagle Creek Blvd, Mystic Lake Dr / Canterbury Rd, County Road 78, and Highway 101. However, even many corridors with relatively little traffic are quite wide (e.g., 10th Ave), presenting crossing barriers for pedestrians and bicy clists and facilitating higher driver speeds. Sweeney Elementary, West Middle, and Pearson Elementary are all sited along 10th Ave and are primarily surrounded by low-density single-family residential neighborhoods. Oppo site Sweeney to the north is a correctional facility, while the West Middle campus abuts that of the City Community Cen ter to the southwest. East Middle is located just one block south on 11th Ave and is abutted primarily by single-family residential neighborhoods, with some multi-family housing also located near to the school. East Middle is also close to

a small commercial center with restaraunts, retail, and other commercial uses, which is just located southwest of the school campus. Jackson Elementary and Shakopee High are both sited on 17th Ave W one block south of US Highway 169. They are mostly surrounded by newer single-family subdivisions, as well as some townhouse and multi-family developments, though to the south there are some older residential de velopments as well as more agricultural land. Commercial and medical uses are clustered around the intersection of 17th Ave and Marystown Rd to the west. Sun Path is on the eastern side of a commercial/medical cluster, with significant multi-family development immediately to the north on the opposite side of 17th Ave, and primarily single-family housing to the south. Red Oak and Eagle Creek are sited less than a mile apart along County Rd 21 off the intersections with Southbridge Pkwy / County Rd 18 and Eagle Creek Blvd / County Rd 16, respectively. Red Oak abuts a mix of single- and multi-fam ily housing, with a commercial cluster on the opposite side of Southbridge Pkwy, while Eagle Creek abuts agricultural lands and limited single-family development, and sits oppo site the eponymous bus station and park-and-ride facility.

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