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By JIM BROEDE A spokesman for TOO FEW entrances. erect," Miller noted. "but
Staff Writer CARE Robert Bruton, and e x i s t from busy it was felt that such an
2114 Beam Ave., told the White Bear Av nue. arterial would result in
CARE (Citizens council in a seven-page DIVERTING of traffic the attraction of more
Against Residential Ex- i letter and amidst cheers to Radatz Avenue. Coun- 'outside' traffic into the
ploitation) has vowed an !and applause from his ty Road C and McKnight residentialareas."
all-out fight against pro- ' neighbors at . a meeting Road, causing additional He said that with three
p o s e d improvements last week. that Maple- problems to other resi- east-west corridors, the
along Beam Avenue east wood residents w o u 1 d dential areas. traffic would be more
of White Bear Avenue in even consider secession LIMITED, access for widely distributed. •
northeast Maplewood. and attachment to North emergency vehicles. Meanwhile, residents
St. Paul to save theiralong Beam A v e n u e
`" Y"'"' neighborhood. "'1 he establishment of have erected signs of
, Ak "CART: will fight by one major, arterial into •protest in their, front-
., 41 w" `, ""' " posting signs, telephon- .the areas was consid yards.
T h e newly-formed ing you, bannering the Hardly any of the 78:
group insists.that Beam Village Hall, badgering homes along the. route
A v e n u e shouldn't be- the council at meetings, are without signs, some
come a through-street, . campaigning in the fall : of them lighted for
suggesting that it'll dis-• election and publicizing nighttime viewing and
rupt one of the "finest your in i s t a k e s," he o t h e r s in psychedelic
residential areas" in the• stated. colors.
Ramsey County commu- The chief objection to Typical sentiment ex-
nity. • a through Beam Avenue, t pressed is: "Welcome to
But the Village Council he explained, was the, Maplewood. Industry
has adopted a resolution danger of increased traf- Welcomed. Residents Ig•
of intent to develop three fie from the new Maple- nored."
east-west corridors in wood Mall, a regional
north Maplewood, one of . shopping center under
them Beam Avenue. ; construction at ,t h e
northwest corner of
White Bear and Beam
Avenues.
"The residents de-
mand action now — no
more tabling the issues
until the opposition
w e a r s out, no more
piec•emealing the issues
through, no more sneak-
ing the issues through at
2 a.m.," Bruton com-
mented. (tel
Councilman' .Tohn
Greavu said the council'
had no other choice but
to order a feasibility
study and schedule a
public hearing on the
Beam Avenue improce-
IIc referred to a 'va i
petition for opening the
road east of White Bear
Avenue.
Village Manager Mi-
chael Miller called the
issue "highly emotion-
al.'
But he reviewed, in a
written report, what- he
termed legitimate rea
sons for the council's
declaration of intent..for
making through streets.
of Beam, Lydia, and
Woodlawn avenues.
He said failure to pro-
vide additional street
connections to White
Bear Avenue from the
cast would result in: