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JUL 1~ '1998 <br /> <br /> INFORMATION <br />TAD$ON 'r c. <br /> <br />18936 YORK STREET N.W. · ELK RIVER, MN 55330 · (612) 441-4410 · FAX (612) 241-4896 <br /> <br />July 16, 1998 <br /> <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br />P. O. BOX 490 <br />Elk River, Mn. 55330 <br /> <br />Attention: Mayor Hank Duitsman and Members of the City Council <br /> <br />Subject: Speed Limits In Elk River <br /> <br />Gentlemen; <br /> <br />It is becoming more and more apparent that speed limits in our <br />city need to be adjusted lower! <br /> <br />I live in Heritage Landing at 13328 179½ Avenue and do a lot <br />of walking around our neighborhood. Thanks to the City of Elk <br />River, there are many good walking paths, but it is also <br />necessary to walk along the sides of some streets as well. <br /> <br />While the speed limit is 30 MPH for the most part; Mississippi <br />Road becomes a 55 MPH rate at Gary Street and becomes an excit- <br />ing thOroughfare on which the speed limit is regularly exceeded. <br /> <br />Another exciting experience is that of entering highway 10 at <br />Joplin Avenue. Even though there is a semaphore at that corner, <br />when one enters the highway from a "yield" entry, the traffic <br />coming from the West is going at rates exceeding 60 MPH. <br /> <br />I realize I am approaching retirement and being "older" makes <br />me more sensitive to high speed hazards, but there has been <br />so much expansion in our city that I feel we need to have <br />concern for lots of small children, walking, riding bikes as <br />well as folks as old as me! <br /> <br />Please give this matter your careful consideration! <br />Sing~f~ ~ly, /,? <br /> <br />Tom Droegemue~/~r <br /> <br /> <br />