HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 03-04 Proposed Maplewood connector route draws foes; referred to planning unit DISPATCH rroposec! Ma lewood connecYvvakt ti 19 tor ector route
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A proposed connector Drive, and would con- traffic can use other nate hundreds of trees, The intersection will
route b e t w e e n East nect, with Frost east of streets in the area to get • expose a mobile h_ome be moved slightly south
Shore Drive and Frost Adele Street. Grade and to the lake, and that a court to view and de- of its present location, its
Avenue in Maplewood ditch improvements also dirt road provides an stroy a watershed area. angle will be "squared,"
was referred to the city ' would be made on Frost. emergency connec- and protected left turn
planning commission for design •
tion between Frost andso ec- lanes and free-flowing
further study last week engineer
W ynetLeonard the apartment complex. tionsto alternative were ve right turn lanes will b
after residents argued told the city council, plan that
that the road is unneces- THEY SAID theyprovides a constructed.
spy which held a public the ro ose connection fear curve into the connector As part of the it d
THE ROAD, a countyhearing on the project, P P d from East Shore Drive, provement, L e o n a r d
project, would begin at that the connector is will o the ga earefic rather than the proposed said, the county wants to
East Shore Drive be- geneeded to accessroo de emer-
in though "T"intersection. remove the "little piece
Leonard said it would Williams proposed of Frost Avenue" that
t w e e n an apartment the Lake Phalen area. not. that the countymake a
complex and a house THE RESIDENTS connection wh Frost and Par Keller Drive with
owned by Norman Wil- However, Williams added that the pro- west of the apartments, and acute angle with
liams, 1874 East Shore and other residents said posed "route will elimi- through a lowland area, an on Park
way.-
but Leonard said that
would "almost totally Left turns onto Park-
destroy the low area and way at that intersection
its filtering effect on the account for a high num-
lake." ber of accidents corn-
He said there is insuf- pared to the number of
ficient room to put the cars using the road, he
road between the apart said, and the accidents
ments and the mobile will increase when St.
home court. Paul closes the drive be-
COUNCILMAN tween Phalen and Round
Donald Wiegert said that Lakes and drivers try to
Kell-
the planning •commis- $et to Hwy. 61 via Kell
sion, in evaluating the er.
proposal and residents' The county would be-
suggestions, should also gin work or, the Hwy.
evaluate the need for the 61-Parkway intersection
road. in 1976 because a sewer
The council last week project this: year will
did approve a county provi4a ltd fill to be
proposal to improve the ugr' in improving the
intersection of Hwy. 61 intersection, Leonard
with Parkway Drive. said.