HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 01-09 More Traffic Congestion Seen for Minnehaha Ave. DISPATCH More Traffic Congestion
Seen for MinnehahaAve.
w (\ , )(113
Minnehaha Avenue in naturally result in in- sign," narrower in width sota Mining & Manufa-
Maplewood appears to creased traffic on Min- than the links to the east curing Co. (3M) new in-
be in for increased traf- n e h a h a," he stated, in Oakdale and to the gress-egress
fic congestion and de- "which will worsen the west in St. Paul. alternatives.
sign breakdown, Village traffic situation on the The c o u n c i I voted "It will -hopefully re-
Manager Michael Miller o n e-m i 1 e' section in unanimously to endorse duce the pressure in ex-
has warned. Maplewood. the m a n a g e is com- fisting interchanges," he
He advised the Village The mile span, consist- ments in efforts to have stated. "In addition, the
Council last week, in a ing of two lanes, runs state and county offi- interchange will be the
written memo, that the from Century Avenue to cials weigh the total im- key access point to two
traffic flow probably McKnight Road. pact of the proposed announced s h o p p i n g
will increase significant- Miller said s e r i o u s interchange. complexes."
ly because of planned consideration should be Some councilmen sug- His reference was to a
construction later this given by Ramsey County gested that the state, in 1,400-acre development
year of a diamond inter- to upgrading the Maple- proceeding with the in- planned by Dayton-Hud-
change at Hwy. I-ti94 wood section of Minne- terchange, w o it I d be son Corp. in Lake Elmo
and M i n n e h a h a haha Avenue. solving some problems, and the proposed Oak-
Avenue. - He described the'; road hut creating others at dale Shopping Center on
"The Interchanr'e will now as one of "rural de- the same time, particu- the west side of the free-
larly in Maplewood. way n e a r Minnehaha
Miller said the inter- Avenue. •
change would result in ak Miller suggested that
congestion specifically iir h e interchange con-
at Minnehaha and Cen- struction should be ex-
tury•Avenues. .panded beyond "a spot
"Attention should- he improvement."
given to further improv- 'The arca could be
ing this intersection," he best served by a task
added. force, a p p r o a c h," he
The manager said that said. •
he and his staff looked at By "task force," he
the d i a m o n d inter- said, he meant- a cooper-
c h a n g e proposal with ative effort by neighbor-
"mixed feelings." ing communities to solve
An advantage, he said, the overall transporta-
would be that the inter- tion problems in the gen-
change will give Minne- oral area.