HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 05-22 Maplewood eyes council pay hike DISPATCH .
.oupcil may const . r building ;,,-,,
street to solve traffic concerns •
The Maplewood City Council traffic has not increased appreci- tioners for the two-way street,
may consider building a street ably on Radatz:
asked to
between Radatz and Beam Ave-. OTHER RESIDENTS on Ra- su tain ias a streents aret ang of at least
nues east of White Bear Avenue datz, however, urged that the $3,500 per lot for a street that
to solve residents' traffic con-, city retain its plans to make Ra- can only be used one way.
cerns.
TWENTY residents on Radatz
and White Bear petitioned the Maplewood I. "I FEEL we're being discrimi-
council last week to alter present datz a one-way eastbound street Hated' against," he said. "The
Ave-
street plans that call for making right tuns from closer I live to White Bear Ave-
by eliminatingnue, the more I'll have to pay in
Radatz a One-way street east of Radatz onto northbound White increased cost in getting my car
White Bear.
Bear.
The residents asked that Ra- Those residents said they fear to and from the mall."
datz remain a two-way street, at traffic will greatly increase if the Councilmen noted, however,•
least until traffic flow reaches road remains a two-way street, that at the time the street plans
the levels predicted by city engi- especially after the cityfills in
neering consultants. wereobeing t e; residents
I potholes that now deter many favored one-waysstreet.
Since M a p l e w o o d Mall drivers.
opened, the residents argued, Bill Mikiska,'one of the peti-