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5 . also put something out there (inaudible)as long as it wasn't a hazard where some driver could run into it. I made a suggestion which was laughed at that maybe we could buy some of the plastic trees and bushes I see in service stations and they have a much higher rate of survival but a horticulturist frowns on that. Just as there are a number of advantages, there are' disadvantages to a median. It restricts accesa. If there were no properties developed out here, the best plan would be to put a median in and say you go around it. Here you're trying to develop a median around a lot of existing businesses which creates a problem so (inaudible) restricting in where they can get access on to the road. If we put in the median it would force a number of changes and I will plan to explain some, but it would force perhaps two adjacent property owners to share a driveway which creates a problem of cost and easements and how do you design it to fit two people's needs and intents. We're not saying the greatest thing that ever came down from the mountain is' thequy who designed medians. We came up with a concept design which we call ultimate in the report.. Basically it provides a series of medians and left turn lanes from Connelly Avenue to Lexington. Some things we have included which aren't related to the median. 'AS you go west approaching Highway 51 you note that the curb comes out and we lose the one lane on the right side. We think. we can extend that right lane down to Connelly Avenue and sign it as a right turn only lane. If you can envision two cars going down the roadway, somebody ahead puts on his blinkers because he's going to merge, and then turns right, and that creates confusion and we know if we sign"it saying right turn, some clown will not see the sign and try to go through the intersection in the right land (inaudible) which' again is not a major expense and wouldn't create a hazard, but is something that hasn't been proven. I We would build a raised island so the west bound left turns would come down (inaudible) pull into the left hand turn lanes .and loop to Highway 51. We show a pointed island on the west side to channelize the (inaudible) to try to provide traffic turning right an opportunity to do so at the stop sign or right turn on the red 'light. ' We can provide a right turn lane into MCDonald's but are hesitant to provide a median at this location and again, are concerned about the guy that might be coming down and try to sneak by on the right lane, forcing somebody in the left lane into the island. The painted island should work'with the potential for a traffic (inaudible) That's the simple one. Now it gets harder. At connelly, the driveways don't line up. The east (inaudible) of Standard is not across from connelly, and the entrance to the Steak Inn is to the east, so you have a driveway and a street and driveway. We tried to merge the Standard and Steak I.nnto a