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I I e Minutes of the Arden Hills Regular Council Meeting, 1-2-92 Page 2 Fable stated he does not believe closing this median is the best solution; suggested the entire intersection be closed for traffic traveling in both directions. Fable referred to correspondence he received fran Skip Humphrey which endorses closing the entire median to traffic. MEDIAN (Cont'd) Councilmerober Hicks questioned the rationale for closing the median only f= northbound traffic. Mary Bieringer, MnOOl' District Traffic Engineer, advised that MnOOl' would prefer to utilize the least restrictive method to control traffic at this time; indicated further review of the intersection may determine full closure at a later date. eouncilmerober Mahowald remirrled residents that the roadways being discussed are not urrler City jurisdiction, one is a state highway and the other a Ramsey County roadway. He noted that Council must rely on the judgement of the state traffic engineers to determine what method will be most effective to control traffic at this intersection. Mahowald also noted that the letter from Skip Humphrey, suhnitted by Mr. Fable, does not actually contain language which endorses closure of the median. Mayor Sather suggested further review of the median closing should be conducted in the Spring, after the median closure has been in place for a few months and pri= to any pennanent closure being installed at this location. '!here was discussion relating to the bridge overpass at County Road E. Mayor Sather indicated that the City has on several occasions re:;[Uested the bridge be considered by Ramsey County in their Capital Inprovement Plan. Brad Lemberg, 1401 Skiles Lane, stated his displeasure that residents did not receive sufficient notice of the closing of the median. He advised the traffic counts provided by MnOOl' were taken prior to the upgrade of Iex~ Avenue and the construction of the new Target store in Sh=eview. He reviewed infonnation relating to a=idents which have occurred in the north bound lane of Highway 51 and at the ramp on County Road E. Lemberg noted that the three semaJ:tlores along County Road E are not effectively CXlClrdinated. Lemberg noted that Arden Hills previously refused signalization at the Old Snelling intersection and the state then installed the semaphore at Lydia Avenue. He suggested MnOOl' install a coordinated flashing warning light along the north bound lane of Highway 51 to reduce traffic speed, and realign and install signalization at this intersection. He further suggested an up-to-date study of traffic conditions be completed prior to closing the intersection. George Roscoe, 3445 Glenarden Court, stated he initially favored closing the intersection. He indicated his preference would be the installation of a barricade to close the Snelling access onto Highway 51, thus =eating a dead-end street.