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Mr. Steve Gatlin <br />February 14, 1991 <br />Page #3 <br />Advantages (Cont'd) <br />0 44 foot cross section meets <br />established Mn /DOT standards, <br />for MSA streets, making it <br />faster and less costly to <br />process. <br />o Leaves more space available <br />on the boulevards for land- <br />scaping and sidewalks. <br />o Boulevard trees and plantings <br />have greater life expectancy <br />than trees in the median, due <br />to lower concentrations of <br />road salts combined with lower <br />heat loads than in medians. <br />o Boulevard plantings combined <br />with retaining walls help to <br />screen cars in parking lots <br />between two industrial buildings. <br />2A - <br />Advantages <br />Disadvantages <br />DRIVE AND <br />Disadvantages <br />o Raised median provides some o Median plantings have <br />channelization at inter- lower life expectancy <br />section with Lincoln Drive than boulevard plantings. <br />and around the curved portion <br />of the roadway. <br />o Median visible from Lincoln o Median requires wider <br />Drive may make more of an street cross section, <br />entry statement. reducing space available <br />for boulevard landscaping <br />o Does not provide for <br />future option of on- street <br />parking or striping as <br />4 lanes. <br />