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Hot Interchange Issue
posed in order to provide " bq disruptive to the resi- ble to conclude that the
ramp access to adjacent dential neighborhood, implementation of the
land use where there Kristal said. And he add- proposed interchange
isn't adequate space for ed that the plan should between Hwy. 61 and
conventional I ramp de- tie in with the recom Hazelwood Avenue on
sign, reduce disruption mendations of the North- Hwy. 36 with a direct ac-
to existing residential east Feasibility Commit- cess to Gervais Avenue
and commercial devel- tee recommendations. and Cope Avenue would
opment along both high- That committee studied not substantially in- '
ways and promote fu- traffic patterns in the crease traffic.. on local
ture development corn- immediate 'residential streets such as Eng-
patible with the commu- • area of North Maple- lish."the report states.
nit y 's land use and. wood Heights. A $8.3- Mayor Robert Bruton
transportation goals and : million long range road voted against endorsing
objectives. ' gimprovement plan was the report. "I think the
Based on 1995 traffic recommended in April report is good but I'm
estimates, the proposed to the council and ap- not convinced that there
interchange would not proved. is a need for an inter-
"In general, it is possi- change."he said.