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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: June 20, 2000 <br /> <br />TO: Joe Lynch, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Director ~ <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Old Highway to/Snelling Avenue Speed Study <br /> <br />Backl!round <br />The City of Arden Hills has received numerous complaints over the past five years <br />relating to traffic speed on Old Highway 1 O/Snelling Avenue, between County Highway <br />96 and Minnesota State Highway 51, Several accidents have also occurred on that <br />roadway in the past few years, <br /> <br />The north portion of this roadway from County Highway 96 to County Road E is under <br />County jurisdiction and has speed limits of 40 & 45 miles per hour. The southern <br />segment from County Road E to Minnesota State Highway 51 was turned over to City <br />jurisdiction in 1997 and has a speed limit of 40 miles per hour. <br /> <br />The Public Works Department, as well as the Ramsey County Sheriffs Deputies <br />patrolling that roadway, would like to see a uniform speed limit on the entire roadway <br />which is safe and proper for that roadway. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />The Arden Hills Public Works Director recommends the City Council adopt Resolution <br />No. 00-23, requesting the Minnesota Department of Transportation to conduct a speed <br />study on Old Highway 10/Snelling A venue to determine a uniform, safe and proper speed <br />limit for that roadway. <br />