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. Arden Hills Council 6 January 25, 1993 however, some things mentioned during this evening's discussion are not relevant. School buses did not use the intersection for many years before its closure because they identified the unsafe circumstances, but the School Board has indicated buses would use a signalized intersection. I've heard that a cost sharing arrangement between the City, County, and State is a possibility. MnDOT is the expert in this matter and they are not opposed to reopening the intersection with a safer design, Janeen Kaier, 1434 West Gounty Road E - Convenience alone is not a valid reason to open the intersection. It should be opened safely, not in its former design. It is council's duty to the citizens of the City to consider reopening the intersection in a safer design. . John Swanson, 1468 Lametti Lane - I favor some sort of access, but not a traffic signal. County Road E and other alternate routes are inadequate to handle diverted traffic load or pedestrian/bike traffic. Volume and speed of traffic were the primary concerns surrounding the former intersection. There is no method to reduce volume, only divert it, however, we can try to reduce the speed on Old Snelling/T.H. 51, then traffic controls could be added. Georqe Morse, 1540 Edqewater Lane - I moved to this area three years ago, and because of safety concerns, stopped using the intersection even before it was closed. The intersection should not be reopened in its former design and a 1/2 million dollar cost to reopen it in a safe design is a very high price to pay for convenience. The best option is to do nothing other than perhaps try to reduce the speed. Ray McGraw, 1427 Bussard Court - (Gave background as to the creation of the Snelling/T.H. 51 and County Road E intersections.) MnDOT closed the intersection without due process moving the traffic to other routes. citizens have been denied the right to a safe and convenient access and emergency response time has been negatively impacted which could result in deaths in other ways. Let's not make any further mistakes, let's build a safe and sane intersection. . Mary Miller, 35Q5 Glenarden Road - There is a problem with emergency response time now that the intersection is closed. Because of the closing of the T.H. 51/Snelling intersection, we are forced to use alternate routes to access our residences. Recently, I was caught in a traffic jam created by an accident around one of the alternate routes which would have made emergency response impossible if emergency response would have been needed in my neighborhood. The former intersection was dangerous, a redesigned intersection is appropriate, simply closing an access is inappropriate.