2D, I694 & 51 - follow-up from public hearing

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Lexington Avenue Intersection, Improvements At the Pubic Hearing, there were questions asked regarding the impacts at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and County Read F: After that meeting, Mn/DOT and Ramsey County met to discuss this intersection and any changes that could be made. The traffic projections were looked at along with the existing problems. Potential opportunities were looked at and some possible changes were discussed. The opportunity to modify the intersection to allow for a northbound to westbound double left turn and an eastbound to northbound double left seemed to be the biggest changes needed. There was also discussion about the opportunity to interconnect the signals along Lexington Avenue to obtain better signal operation through the area. Both Ramsey County and Mn/DOT' agreed that Ramsey County will take an in-depth look at the intersections and work with Mn/DOT on obtaining funding to make the changes deemed. necessary to improve this area of Lexington Avenue. Potential funding through Mn/DDT's cooperative Agreement program may be available as early as July 2012 for these improvements. The existing .geometrics of the Lexington Avenue bridge over 1-694 do cause some increased intersection delay due to the lack of storage for the left turning movements. Mn/DOT has looked at the bridge and the full width of the bridge is 75' 10"o This width may allow for some future modifications to the existing geometries. Mn/DOT will work with Ramsey County on making some changes to aid in the improvement of the intersections and their operation upon completion of the Final Design of the 1-694 improvement project. Other Traffic Impacts in the Area At the Public Hearing, there were -questions asked regarding how some of the local roads (County Road 96, County Road F, Ham.line Ave, Lexington Ave and County Road E) will be affected by the proposed project. Mn/DOT responded that with improvements to 1-694, some regional traffic will be taken off of the local system and returned to the interstate. This will allow the traffic on the local roadways to be reduced upon the completion of construction. Traffic on County Road 95, from east of Lexington Avenue to west of Hamline Avenue, is projected to be reduced by approximately 10%. Lexington Avenue just north of County Road F, it is estimated that traffic in this area will be reduced by about 5%. Traffic on Hamline Avenue north of County Road F is estimated to be reduced by roughly 15%. Traffic on County Road F is projected to have an increase of somewhere between 0- An Equal opportunity Employer