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Citv of Lauderdale Issues Concurrent to these discussions, the State had been talking with and presenting their preliminary plans to the City Administrator of Lauderdale, as well as the Lauderdale City Council. There is a partially undeveloped commercial site to the south and west of this intersection. It is one of the few commercial sites in the City of Lauderdale. The initial proposal would ha�e cut into this parcel making it less developable. The City of Lauderdale has concerns about eliminating homes and cutting into the commercial property. They are also concerned about the existing ramps at Larpenteur Avenue and Como Avenue. These ramps do not meet today's design standards for speed or safety, and are not included as a part of this project. Citv of Minneapolis Issues The border with Minneapolis is the railroad tracks to the west of Paper Calmenson. 7ack Yuzna, Minneapolis Public Works, attended the August worksession and has been working with us since to provide feedback If the initial plan proposed by the state were to be constructed, Broadway Street would need to be reconstructed to handle additional capacity. This road e�tends to the west into a Minneapolis Commercial/ Industrial area. It connects up to 35W and would become the area's only link for northbound trips, Eliminating full access to 280 at Broadway is unacceptable to the City of Minneapolis. Mn/DOT Issues If we cannot find a solution that is acceptable to everyone, we will not be reconstructing this road in 2004, and will lose the Federal funds that were obtained for the project. As far as an overall timeline, if the State does not reconstruct the road in 2004, they foresee that this roadway segment will remain unimproved for at least 20 years. They stated that any improvements to the interchanges at Larpenteur and Como would be pushed back even beyond that. It is also possible for Mn/DOT to close off the Broadway intersection as a maintenance project, which would have the same impacts to the surrounding properiy with none of the mitigation.