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May 19 Virtual Open House: Questions and Comments Received 11 Although we live almost directly across from the closed turn lane and did use it regularly in the past, I always felt it was a risky turn. I have heard the crashes and seen accidents at that location from time to time. I am happy to make the turn on Lydia now to improve safety and traffic flow. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. 2. I live on Ingerson Road between Snelling and Lexington. I am in favor of leaving the turnoff closed. While it was nice to be able to come south from 694 and turn onto Hamline there, it isn't a problem to go to Lexington or turn east on County Road E instead. I think a number of people used to use that path as some kind of shortcut, because I would see cars roaring up the hill all the way to Lexington - meaning they do not live on this section of street. They frequently drove too fast. There is less traffic now and that is a significant safety advantage. Our neighborhood homes have recently started turning over, and we have about 20 toddlers on our street now, as well as school-age children. We have a ton of walkers and no sidewalks. As well as people who live on this street walking and biking with strollers or young children, there are lots of people who walk around Lake Josephine for exercise. Sometimes I also see the boys track team running up and down the hill. In short, our street has a very high number of pedestrians, and we want to keep it as safe as possible. Only people living in this neighborhood should be driving through here, and they should be driving slowly and carefully. I am perfectly willing to deal with the minor inconvenience of exiting at a different spot in order to protect all the little children and others walking down our street and around the lake. 3. We are in the neighborhood between the Lydia and Hamline left turns from Snelling and were not able to attend last nights zoom meeting. I just wanted to let you know that we definitely miss being able to turn directly into our neighborhood. We used that almost everyday. I have to say, though, what I find more disappointing was the loss of access to eastbound 694 from Snelling. The exit onto Snelling from westbound 694 traffic was also taken away. This has intensified an already challenging traffic situation at Lexington. Please restore those access point on Snelling!!!! 4. I am reaching out in support of this permanent median closure. Traffic feels much safer with this closed. I take this route home daily (well, at least before COVID19), and I can't tell you how many close calls I've seen, of cars turning left from Snelling to Hamline. There are many times I've been cut off by someone taking a turn here. This entire intersection is unsafe due to how fast traffic is going on Snelling. 5. I'm writing to express my support for the permanent closure of the left hand turn as part of the Snelling/Hamline safety improvements. I think reopening the turn is both unsafe and unnecessary for our neighborhood. The primary reason that residents from my area would want the crossing re-opened is to cut over from Snelling across to Hamline. This requires crossing MN-51 with traffic posted at 55 MPH and most cars actually going faster. MN-51 curves north of the intersection so visibility of on-coming cars is only about 0.2 miles That gives drivers waiting at a dead stop only 16 seconds (hope my math's right) to cross two