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Mr. Reed Banes: -3- June 18, 1986 High traffic volume on Lexington Avenue. The Ramsey County traffic counts indicated that the weekday average traffic volume at this location from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Is 1636 vehicles (about equally divided between northbound and southbound). The queue For southbound traffic on Lexington Avenue often extends to this median opening and obstructs the view of northbound traffic For motorists turning left or going straight From the Roseville Shopping Center driveway. The queue For southbound through traffic was observed to extend north of this median opening and obstruct the view of southbound traffic In the left turn lane for motorist, turning left or going straight from the Roseville Shopping Center driveway. A significant number of motorists turning left From the Roseville shopping Center driveway crossed half of Lexington Avenue and temporarily blocked one or two southbound lanes before coma l et i ng their left turn maneuver. While I was raking observatlons.at this location. a traffic accident occurred involving a vehicle traveling southbound on Lexington Avenue and a vehicle turning I ft From the Roseville Shopping Center driveway. No significant difficulties were Observed at other locations along the study segment of Lexington Avenue. The Intersec- tions of Lexington Avenue with Dionne Avenue and Roma Avenue Provided satisfactory traffic operation. TRAFFIC EFFECTS OF LEX I NGTON PLAZA SPIOPPCS Given the existing traffic difficulties., It is Important to consider whether thy+ Lexington Plaza Shoppes would cause any significant adverse traffic effects. With Its size of 27.050 square feat, It Is expected that the net additional trips generated by the !.exington P1,;;a ShOppes will be about 1.980 vehicle trip ends ,per day and about 190 vehicle trip ends during the p.m. peak hour. it Is expected that about 1/2 of these trIP3 would be added to Lexington Avenue north Of the 5ito and about 1/2 added to Lexington Avenue south of the site. Therefore, this net effect of the Lexington Plaza Shoppes would be to Increase the daily volume on Lexington Avenue by about 5.5% north of the site and by about 5.3% south of the site. With these limited changes. it is expected that the Lexington Plaza Shoppers will not signiff- cantly alter the existing traffic situation along Lexington Avenue.