HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 05-08 Maplewood Revives Beam Avenue Project DISPATCH ' `Map Iewo d Revives -
Beam Avenue Project •
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A road project in Ma- lie hearing almost a Paul wouldn't approve
plewood, scuttled last year ago. the project.
year because of public But Miller indicated
opposition, will be re- At the time, some rest there had been "tenta-
vived Thursday. dents of the nearby t i v e agreement" this
T h e Village Council neighborhoods said they year, apparently the re-
plans to consider — at a didn't want the road. stilt of meetings with
public hearing — a pro- Another complication North St. Paul's staff
posal for "rough grading was the fact that the and the housing develo-
and utilities" for Beamroad borders North St. ' pers.
Avenue b e t w e e n Mc- Paul. The upcoming hear-
Knight Road and Bel- ing, which starts at 7:30
laireAvenue. Last year North St. .p.m. at the Village Hall,
Village Manager Mi- 1380 Frost Ave., was op-
chael Miller has called p o s e d by Councilman
for approval, pointing John Greavu.
out that the half-mile He said he didn't like
segment on the commu- the proposal because it
n i t y 's fast-developing was for less than a corn-
north side is necessary pleted roadway.
to serve new subdivi- "Why not hold a hear-
sions. ing for the whole thing
The council tabled the and be done with it?" he
road issue after a pub- asked.