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<br />BRUCE E. RYDEN, C.F:1. <br />2078 WILLOW CIRCLE <br />CENTERVILLE, MN 55038-8773 <br />65 1-429-2693 <br />DUNoR03023@AOL.COM <br /> <br />. ~ '<f <br />1-;' ~ <br /> <br />3 I OCTOBER 200 I <br /> <br />COMMISSIONER MARGARET LANGFIELD <br />ANOKA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER <br />2 100 THIRD AVENUE <br />ANOKA, MN 55303 <br /> <br />STOP SIGNS AT 35E AND COUNTY ROAD I 4 <br /> <br />DEAR COMMISSIONER LANGFIELD: <br /> <br />I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN ADDRESS THE VERY HAZARDOUS <br />CONDITIONS THAT CONTINUE TO EXIST AT INTERSTATE 35E AND ANOKA COUNTY ROAD I 4. <br />As YOU KNOW THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE REQUESTED THAT SOMETHING BE <br />DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GET KILLED AT THIS CROSSROAD. You TOLD US THAT A STUDY <br />WOULD BE DONE, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND IT IS GETTING MORE DANGEROUS <br />EVERYDAY. <br /> <br />AT RUSH HOURS IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ONTO COUNTY ROAD 14 AS THE <br />TRAFFIC COMING OVER THE BRIDGE IS USUALLY DOING AT LEAST 50 MILES PER HOUR <br />(THE SPEED LIMIT). WHEN YOU ATIEMPT TO GET ONTO THE COUNTY ROAD THE TRAFFIC <br />COMING OVER THE BRIDGE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE TOO GREAT <br />A RISK JUST TO GET ONTO THE ROAD. WHEN A SEMI-TRUCK AND TRAILER ARE WAITING TO <br />GET ONTO THE ROAD IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO SO SAFELY. As YOU <br />KNOW REHBIEN BLACK DIRT IS HAULING A LARGE QUANTITY OF BLACK DIRT OUT OF lINO <br />LAKES JUST NORTH OF CO. RD. 14 AND THERE ARE MANY TRUCKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS <br />PROJECT. ALSO THERE IS A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY ON 20TH IN CENTERVILLE THAT <br />HAS A NUMBER OF SEMIS THAT ENTER ONTO CO. RD. 14. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR <br />TRAFFIC EXITING 1-35E TO BACK UP ONTO THE FREEWAY SHOULDER WHILE WAITING FOR <br />THE SEMI TO GET ON TO CO. RD. 14. <br /> <br />I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THIS COULD BE RESOLVED BY INSTALLING TWO STOP SIGNS. ONE <br />AT THE EAST END OF THE BRIDGE FOR THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC AND ONE AT THE WEST <br />END OF THE BRIDGE FOR THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC. THIS WOULD FORCE THE TRAFFIC <br />COMING OVER THE BRIDGE TO STOP AND ALLOW ON-COMING VEHICLES AN OPPORTUNITY TO <br />ENTER ON TO CO. RD. 14 SAFELY. THIS IS NOT A MAJOR PROJECT AND SHOULDN'T TAKE <br />A TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO FIGURE THIS OUT. .JUST A COUPLE OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES WITH <br />A COUPLE OF SIGNS. <br /> <br />PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GET THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION CORRECTED BEFORE <br />