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<br /> " . RECEiVED Di:C 1 7 1992 <br /> . <br /> December 15, 1992 <br /> Mayor Tom Sather <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> 1450 West Highway 96 <br /> Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br /> Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br /> Dear Mayor Sather: <br /> I am writing to express my support for the reopening of the Highway 51101d Snelling/Hamline <br /> intersection. <br /> It seems clear that simply reopening the intersection as it currently exists is probably <br /> inappropriate given the overall accident record. I suspect it is also politically impossible. <br /> . I do believe that one of the alternatives being explored by MN DOT offers an effective balance <br /> of improving the safety of the intersection while at the same time restoring a measure of the <br /> convenience and accessibility that our neighborhood lost when the current crossing was closed. <br /> The realignment of Hamline and Old Snelling to provide a more perpendicular crossing along <br /> with an appropriate four-way stoplight arrangement would restore the intersection to it former <br /> utility . <br /> In addition to improving the access to our neighborhood and reducing the traffic going west on <br /> County Rd. E, it would appear this proposal would offer benefits even the old intersection <br /> lacked. <br /> for example, it seems to me a properly designed four-way stoplight system could: <br /> 1) Temper the current high speed traffic coming off of Highway 694 onto Highway <br /> 51. <br /> 2) Provide for a left turn onto Highway 51 from Old Snelling. Again reducing the <br /> traffic load on County Road E. <br /> 3) Provide a left turn onto Highway 51 from Hamline. <br /> . <br /> 4/t/-/ h:;-- <br /> (i (1.'-f).._JJ;j ,...V <br /> (L," c..!1-'u ',1, i <br /> ~~ - ~. ,~ <br /> ; <br /> , .... ,'- ! J-. I~ . <br /> ~. dJ .J) L "" ).;":;'A;] f}w.u.u, <br />