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<br /> I <br />Highway 96 - Roadway Treatments / Guidelines . <br /> -. <br />October 2, 1995 <br />Page 12 - <br />3. Traffic Signal Color . <br /> Colors of traffic signal systems can include a potpourri of multiple colors I <br /> such as yellow for the bases, unfinished meta! in the middle, and some <br /> special color for the light fixtures at the top. Other systems are totally <br /> coordinated with everything painted a single color. The issue, in most cases, I <br /> is the lack of coordination and the little extra care it takes to keep track of the <br /> designated color and use it, when repainting the fixtures. <br /> Our recommendation would be to try to coordinate the painting program and I <br /> paint the total signal system assemblies in the designated corridor color <br /> (either the dark green or dark blue, whichever color is selected). I <br /> Recommendation #10: TRAFFIC SIGNALS / LIGHTS . <br /> Install the corridor light fixtures on top of the traffic signal poles -. <br /> and paint all the traffic signal assemblies, including ground-mounted <br /> signal control boxes, the designated corridor color. <br /> . <br />C. INTERSECTION LANDSCAPING . <br />Landscaping could be a key component for enhancing the intersections in the <br />Highway 96 corridor. The existing intersection areas are "open" and they lack I <br />landscaping or any kind of streetscape amenities. The only exceptions are the two <br />existing entry treatments for Shoreview at the Highway 96 intersections with <br />Lexington A venue and Hodgson Road. These treatments, however, are small in . <br />scale and are located a considerable distance from the roadway, which makes it <br />hard to see them. <br />Opportunities for landscaping treatments exist, typically, in the four quadrants of . <br />each intersection. In some cases, extra right-of-way already is available at these <br />locations. In other cases extra right-of-way or easements would need to be . <br />obtained. The corners would be ideal locations for installing sizeable groupings <br />of landscaping treatments including deciduous and evergreen trees. . <br />These landscaping treatments would help "green up" the corridor, they would not <br />clutter up the intersection -- in fact, they might help screen off some of the -. <br />adjoining developments from the intersections, and they would provide special <br /> . <br /> --- <br />- .-- - --- <br />