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