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• Mr. Steve Ach May 18, 1995 Page Two • The two major points of access for the plat are CSAH 1 on the south and Proctor Avenue (County Road 77) on the east. Given the large amount of traffic which will use these two points for ingress and egress upon full development of the area, we would recommend a slightly wider road section at these two points. Specifically, we would recommend that Upland Avenue between CSAH 1 and Rush Drive and 195th Drive between County Road 77 and Rush Drive be built to a 36-foot wide street section. This will provide for two lanes of traffic with a slightly wider shoulder area. The wider shoulder area should provide adequate space for pedestrian movements such as bicycles, or vehicle movements accessing the lots adjacent to these roads. It also provides a larger degree of safety, for instance, for persons stepping off the curb to access their mailboxes. In addition to the wider street section, we believe these two segments of road should be built with minimum 30 mile per hour horizontal and vertical curves for safe movement of the expected larger volume of traffic. This will require a redesign of the layout of Upland Avenue on the south end of • the plat where fairly sharp curves are currently proposed. These proposed road sections can easily be constructed within a 60-foot wide right-of-way. However, if a detached pathway of some kind is also proposed in these areas, consideration should be given to requiring a wide right-of-way, perhaps 70 feet, with the road slightly offset to allow more room on one side for the pathway. • This plat needs to provide access from the south boundary out to CSAH 1. The submittal documents currently do not show any construction south of the plat boundary. Additional information relative to the road access to CSAH 1 needs to be provided. • A temporary cul-de-sac should be provided on Highland Avenue at the east plat boundary, and also on the stub street coming south of 195th Drive at the south plat boundary. These temporary cul-de-sacs can either be of a gravel nature off of the plat itself with permission from the appropriate land owner, or can be a bituminous surface cul-de-sac of a smaller diameter constructed within the existing right-of-way. • The Preliminary Plat contains several outlots which should be briefly • discussed. It is our understanding that Outlot B near the access to County Road 77 is intended to be attached to the existing residential property immediately south of this plat to provide some additional buffering from the development. It is also our understanding that Outlots C and D immediately 230/258-1802.may