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>Q. QuESTiOIVS Alva alvswERs After the presentation was made. the floor was o ned to ue ti n pe q s o s and/or comments from those in attendance. Following is a summary of the points raised. ^ Russ Norha questioned the projected traffic count on Dodge Avenue. it was explained how these were developed. It was also explained that even with the future projected traffic, the northbound Dodge Avenue left turn is a Level of Service F. ^ Gary. Satwire voiced an opinion in favor of the curved option for the Elk Hills Drve/TH 169 intersection, noting that residential properties north of the intersection would learn to get off of TH 169 at 5th Street and travel north on Dodge through the intersection, which would now be a free movement with no stoppage, thus eliminating some of the traffic coming off of TH 169 to move through the intersection northerly. ^ In response to Gary Satwire's comments, .Larry Toth voiced an opinion in favor of Option 2, indicating that many of the residents who need to travel through this intersection do not come from the direction of northbound TH .169.. Larry felt that Option 2 was better since it would not have the potential of ever backing traffic up onto TH 169. • In res nse to comments about the vertical ali nment of Dod a Str Po g g eet north of Elk Hills Drive, Earl Hetrick made a comment that MnDOT .who accesses this area from their maintenance facility does a very good job of keeping that"intersection sanded in icy conditions. He did not feel that the potential of cars sliding through the intersection was a .major concern because of MnDOT's close proximity and their availability to sand the intersection. ^ A comment was made that the intersection is currently not safe, that there are many movements made by vehicles.. either rolling through the stop signs or not waiting for an appropriate gap in traffic to make their movements. ^ An opinion was raised by one of the attendants that the second option was better because there was more concrete islands delineating traffic movements rather than. just painted lines. ^ A question was raised as to whether both of these alternatives provided enough room for turning movements of large trucks. The answer given was that the State standards for heavy commercial traffic turning movements were applied to both drawings and would allow for reasonable movements . of large vehicles. 230/246-2705.feb