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