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Mark Culver, PE January 17, 2019 City of Roseville Page 2 To try and mitigate congestion and reduce negative impacts of congestion such as reduced air quality and crashes, MnDOT Implemented an whansive corridor rctiming project in November of 2015 on Snelling Avenue from Midway Parkway on the south and to Lydia Avenue on the north and. Cumcntly, Snelling Avenue is timed such that northbound vehicles stopping at Comfy Road C can proceed through Comty Road C2 and Lydia Avenue without having to stop. Due to the human amount of green time given to the sidestcccts, significant queueing and delay is cspcdcnccd by drivers on a consistent basis at County Road C, Comty Road C2, and at Lydia Avenue These delays approach four to five minures in length. In addition to vehicle delay, pedestrian concerns continue to be an isme crossing Snelling Avenue, particularly at Lydia Avenue where students with housing on the castside of Snelling Avenue south of Lydia Avenue regularly nccd to cross to get to the Univernity of Northwestern campus locatod on the westside of Snelling Avenue just north of Lydia Avenue. Field Observations Field observations were performed on two separate occasions several wcela apart on Snelling Avenue during thep.m. pcakpcdod. The days observed were mandcd to ba "typical days" so one Tuesday (October 9, 2019) and one Thursday (Octobw 25, 2019) were observed during normal wcathcr conditions. Observations showed that the sidwstccet approaches at Lydia Avenue, Court Ly Road C2 and County Road C were all cspcdcncing significant delays. Figures 1 and 2 Illustrate the observed ismcs. From the field observations geometric challenges wcrealso identified that informed rhe development of concepts evaluated and documcnad as part of this analysis. Figure 1. Observing Eastbound Approach at Lydia Avenue (olucamd delays o1290 seconds)