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<br />YtM,~f~ ~,"-ck:~~ <br />~/lle (0 c:;- <br /> <br />("'- <br /> <br />'y~ .~ J <,,(') <br /> <br />Draft Resolution regarding Highway 3~ '{ e;u::i.=:~:~: <br />prepared for the <br />Roseville City Council Study Session <br />May 16, 2005 <br /> <br />Whereas traffic congestion on Highway 36 encourages commuters to <br />drive on County Roads and city streets in Roseville as a speedier <br />alternative to Highway 36, and <br /> <br />Whereas expansion of Highway 36 through Roseville to three lanes <br />has been placed on the MnDOT plan for implementation in about <br />fifteen years, and <br /> <br />Whereas addition of a third eastbound lane on Highway 36 through <br />Roseville would immediately relieve traffic congestion and decrease <br />the traffic diversion onto County Roads and city streets in Roseville, <br />and <br /> <br />Whereas expansion of the west bound direction will not decrease <br />traffic congestion until expansion of Highway 35W and Highway 280 <br />are complete as these highways receive the bulk of the traffic at the <br />western terminus of Highway 36. and <br /> <br />Whereas funding for expansion of Highway 36 is the responsibility of <br />the State of Minnesota and consideration of interim financing by the <br />City of Roseville is not in the financial interest of Roseville taxpayers, <br />and <br /> <br />Whereas funding of the state highway system is limited and funds <br />must be allocated in a way that most effectively relieves traffic <br />congestion, <br /> <br />Therefore be it resolved that; <br /> <br />1) The Roseville City Council urges the State legislature and <br />Governor Pawlenty to designate funds within the MnDOT <br />budget for addition of a third eastbound lane to Highway 36 <br />from the western terminus to the interchange with Highway 35E <br />