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-�- reconstruc�ion plans £or 5tate Highway 51. Revres�ntatives of the Hi�hwav De�artment have a�reed, as a�esult of the meetin�, to consider 'Che Villa�e Council vronosa�s to deed-end Ha�nline^and Ol�. _Sne7,�,i,n� Aven�es at H��hway 5]._ _and to bnild a fu31 diamond inter- chan e at Count Rd. E and Hi hwa 5�.. When stiudies $nd surveys of the Counci�. proposal �tre complete the Highway Depar tinenr wil�. r�turn to tite Village with new informa�ion. A County Highway representative reve�led that plans sr� being considered £or construction of a faur-1an.e divided hi�hwav on Lexin�tar� Aye. irom iar�enteur to Hi.ghway 694. This would have an eifec� on the volume of traffic on Highway 51 arcd should be cdnsidered in the over�li road developm�nt of �he ax�so �he Coun.ty Eng�,neer for Roseville was present and repqrted that Rosevflle has t�nta�ivelv apprav2d the p�opOS�d p�.ans for H�.�hw�y 51. He zndicated that he ielt Rosevi3.le residents wou�.d n�t �e con�ent to have Hamline Ave. dead-end at Highway 51. � Both State and County Highway Representatives made a plea far consideration of stop-and��o 1�l�hts at the intersecrions af Haxnline, 01,d Snelli.n�, and H��hway_51. xhes� lights wouZd allaw Arden H�.7.Is residents to get on and of£ these roads mpxe safely and would plat4pn. the traffic on H�ghway 51 �o the advantage o� access roads to the south of the intersection. Council members seemed to indicate the mi ht favor such an ins�allation. A representative from �4te Highway D�part�ent indicated that the department is at least a year away fzozn a sati.sfactory proposal. Righ��of-way acqu�sition and detafled designs would follow, with ri ht�o�-wa takin from 30-3b months, it would, therefore, be 1975 or �97b before ac�ual construction cou3.d _be�in. y� 1I' r11 11tf1 �� �os��.s Horty 3]�2fl [��Enarde�. Rd��I2 S�. Paul.� �� $LTI.K RATE U.S. PDSTAGE PAID S�. PAUL, MN. PE1tM�.T Nq. 1962