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*A' <br />f4arch, 30�, 19189 <br />TO: Steve Gatlin, Public Works Director <br />FROM0 Tom Alleva Deputy C�h,ief of Police <br />SUB JEC' INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED MOVAL OF THE LARPENTEUR MEDIAN <br />FROM" HAMLINE TO ILUINGTON <br />Last, week Doug Strong asked me for the number of traf f ic accidents on <br />Liarpenteur, f rolm Hamline, to L,e,x ington, for the t)leriod fro January,, 1988 to <br />present A He said his request, related to a req,u,est to have the median removed. <br />The acc idents, are as follows <br />In 1988 we had a total of 8' 715 motor vehicle property damage accidents <br />and 221 personal 'injury accidents, <br />The police department is opposed to the removal of the median for the following <br />reasons o. <br />The, location i s on, a grade and in a 40 M. Pl. H. zone. We feel the <br />removal, of the median, may, lead to accidents caused by people tryin:? <br />imprudent lef t turns, . <br />I <br />&TW11 <br />Again, because of' the gra,idei and the spleeid zone the median may be th. WP4 <br />only, method to keiep wayward, veih 11cles f rom crossing over into oncomin <br />t,ra,f f ic. I <br />Larpenteur has a median all the way from Dale Street to Snelling <br />Avenue. Removal of the median for a, short segment will confuse <br />drivers. <br />If I can be of' further help please, call. <br />