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Lexington Avenue Intersection Improvements
<br /> At the Pubic Hearing, there were questions asked regarding the impacts at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and County Road F. After that meeting, Mn/DOT and Ramsey
<br /> County met to discuss this intersection and any changes that could be made. The traffic
<br /> projections were looked at along with the existing problems. Potential opportunities were
<br /> looked at and some possible changes were discussed. The opportunity to modify the
<br /> intersection to allow for a northbound to westbound double left turn and an eastbound to
<br /> northbound double left seemed to be the biggest changes needed. There was also
<br /> discussion about the opportunity to interconnect the signals along Lexington Avenue to
<br /> obtain better signal operation through the area. Both Ramsey County and Mn/DOT agreed
<br /> that Ramsey County will take an in-depth look at the intersections and work with Mn/DOT
<br /> on obtaining funding to make the changes deemed necessary to improve this area of
<br /> Lexington Avenue. Potential funding through Mn/DOT's Cooperative Agreement program
<br /> may be available as early as July 2012 for these improvements.
<br /> The existing geometrics of the Lexington Avenue bridge over 1-694 do cause some
<br /> increased intersection delay due to the lack of storage for the left turning movements.
<br /> Mn/DOT has looked at the bridge and the full width of the bridge is 75' 10". This width may
<br /> allow for some future modifications to the existing geometrics. Mn/DOT will work with
<br /> Ramsey County on making some changes to aid in the improvement of the intersections
<br /> and their operation upon completion of the Final Design of the 1-694 improvement project.
<br /> Other Traffic Impacts in the Area
<br /> At the Public Hearing, there were questions asked regarding how some of the local roads
<br /> (County Road 96, County Road F, Hamline Ave, Lexington Ave and County Road E)will
<br /> be affected by the proposed project. Mn/DOT responded that with improvements to 1-694,
<br /> some regional traffic will be taken off of the local system and returned to the interstate.
<br /> This will allow the traffic on the local roadways to be reduced upon the completion of
<br /> construction. Traffic on County Road 96,from east of Lexington Avenue to west of
<br /> Hamline Avenue, is projected to be reduced by approximately 10%. Lexington Avenue just
<br /> north of County Road F, it is estimated that traffic in this area will be reduced by about 5%.
<br /> Traffic on Hamline Avenue north of County Road F is estimated to be reduced by roughly
<br /> 15%. Traffic on County Road F is projected to have an increase of somewhere between 0-
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