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During 1977 and 1978 there were 31 Maplewood City Engineer's office.
median Heaccidents at the intersection of County "MY FIRST reaction from a traffic utomobilessover.speeds atugthes tionlowering
from a
Road D and Minnesota Highway 61. engineer's standpoint is that the in-
tersection should be closed because it is Bittnermight 'se one way willof solving the problem.
That is 300 percent greater than the hazardous and has a high traffic volume," mendati staff make its recom-
That
average for similar intersections. said Bill Bittner, city engineer. future. ions to the city council in the near
Because of the high accident rate, the However, Bittner continued, after future.
Minnesota Department of Transportation examining the proposal he discovered Bittner anticipates the city staff in
and the Ramsey County Engineer's office there are a number of homes in Vadnais Heights will have reservations
would like to close the median crossover Maplewood on County Road D. The in- similar to his on the intersection closing.
at the intersection, which is along the tersection is the main access for fire Vadnais Heights residents use the
border of Maplewood and Vadnais protection and police services in that median crossover for access to St. Paul,
Heights. area.
he explained. If were
They have requested an opinion on the Bitlner is having his staff study closed, alternativethe routesewould involve
proposed intersection closing from the alternative solutions to closing the going around lakes.