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<br />. ~f-"~ 5(%/'6 <br /> - . . 'S I? <br /> Ramsey County Department of Public Works Kenneth E. Weltzin <br /> Director <br /> ~ 350 51. Peter Street and <br /> Suite 270 County Engineer <br />, Saint Paul. Minnesota 55102 Paul L Kirkwold <br /> (612) 298.4127 ." DepUTy Director <br /> RAMSEY COUmY Jq and <br /> , <br /> >r-' I A~sis1dnl County Engineer <br /> . /) ~ (\1\ ' <br /> />1 V <br /> i li <br /> August 19, 1987 <br /> Pat~icia J. Mo~~ison <br /> Clerk Adminst~ato~ <br /> City of A~den Hills <br /> 1450 West Highway 96 <br /> A~den Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br /> T~affic Signal <br /> Pine Tree Drive and CO\HIty Road E <br /> . <br /> Ramsey CO\HIty Public Wo~ks was ~equested to conduct t~affic CO\HIts on County Road <br /> E and make comments ~egarding possible signal installation at County Road E and Pine <br /> Tree Drive. <br />, App~oach counts we~e taken at the inte~section during the week of July 20-24, 1987 <br /> to dete~mine if volumes were p~esent to war~ant the installation of a signal system. <br /> The war~ant ~equi~ements, as set fo~th in the Minnesota Manual on Uniform T~affic <br /> Control devices, requi~e that the volumes be met fo~ each of any 8 hours of an ave~age <br /> day. War~ant #1, Minimum Vehicular Volume, is met fo~ 4 hours. War~ant #2, <br /> Inte~~~tion of Continuous T~affic, is met fo~ 7 hours. I have enclosed copies of these <br /> ~esults. Since neithe~ War~ant #1 no~ War~ant #2 was met for eight hours, a t~affic <br /> signal is not wa~~anted at this location based on t~affic volumes. <br /> A ~eview of accidents at the location indicates that eight accidents occur~ed at the <br /> inte~section f~om January 1985 to J\HIe 30, 1987. This indicates an accident ~ate of <br /> just ove~ 3 pe~ y ea~. This is not a sufficient amount to wa~~ant t~affic signals as pe~ <br /> the Minnesota Manual on Unifo~m T~affic Cont~ol Devices. <br /> The installation of Wlwa~~anted traffic cont~ol devices leads to inefficiencies in the <br /> cO\HIty ~oad system and encourages violation by the drivers due to an \HIpe~ceived need <br /> fo~ them. The~efo~e, because a t~affic signal at this location is not wa~~anted, Ramsey <br /> County's policy would be to not install one at this time. <br /> If you have any flll'the~ questions ~ega~ding this matte~, please contact our T~affic <br /> Enginee~, Dan Sole~, at 482-5209. <br /> ~~/~;;~>~~ <br /> Kenneth E. Weltzin,' .E. <br />. Di~ecto~ and County Enginee~ <br /> DES:m <br /> Att. <br /> 'b'~'$ <br /> --------- <br />