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May 19 Virtual Open House: Questions and Comments Received 3 <br />Question: What about a light for the turn like on 280 and Broadway? <br />Answer: There is a signal at Lydia Ave. and Snelling Ave. with capacity to move additional traffic. Installing an <br />additional signal is an additional expense for equipment that needs to be maintained over the long term. <br />Question: How are you working with the local colleges and businesses who are also affected by this Hamline <br />Avenue/Snelling Avenue changes? <br />Answer: We do not anticipate large impacts on local colleges. Both the college and nearby businesses were <br />notified of this project and we haven't heard anything back. <br />We did investigate impacts to Hamline Avenue businesses and personally called each business owner. The <br />businesses are south of Lydia Ave., so the businesses have similar access to anybody else who would be making <br />these turns. <br />Question: Is the primary concern the mobility of people headed north on Snelling Avenue? <br />Answer: The primary reason for this closure is the safety of people making a southbound turn. <br />Question: How will motorists traveling northbound on Hamline Avenue be impacted? <br />Answer: MnDOT is proposing to close the southbound left turn lane at Hamline Avenue. Drivers may continue to <br />travel north on Hamline and turn right onto Snelling, just as they do today. <br />Lydia Avenue <br />Question: How many accidents were at the Snelling and (1) Co. Rd. C intersection and (2) Lydia Ave. <br />intersection? How many fatal crashes have been on Snelling Ave. in the time period 2008-2018? And where? <br />Answer: For the ten-year period from 2009-2018 there have been 244 crashes at the Snelling and CR C <br />intersection, and 40 crashes at the Snelling and Lydia Ave intersection. There were 30 crashes at the Snelling <br />and Hamline intersection. For that same time period there have been three fatal crashes from I-694 to Hwy 36. <br />One was at the exit from northbound Snelling to Co. Rd. E in 2017, another was at Hamline Ave./Lydia Ave. in <br />2017, and the last one was at Co. Rd. C in 2009. <br />Question: After the southbound turn lane from Snelling Avenue to Hamline Avenue closed, traffic on Lydia <br />Ave. seems to be elevated and turning left on Lydia Ave. can sometime take up to 3 lights to get through. How <br />do you weigh the tradeoffs of traffic flow? How do you hear from and consider concerns from residents living <br />on Lydia Ave.? <br />Answer: Lydia had average annual daily traffic of 1,900 vehicles in 2017. Lydia is designated in the City of <br />Roseville's Comprehensive Plan as a collector street, which the Metropolitan Council defines as a road that <br />carries between 1,000 - 15,000 vehicles per day. While it is certainly likely that the closure of Snelling and <br />Hamline did lead to increased traffic on Lydia, it did not result in a change in traffic levels that a collector street <br />is not anticipated to handle. Lydia Avenue residents were informed of the virtual open house.