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Pequot Lakes -Hwy 371 North July 19, 2005 Page 3 of 12 10. It varies depending on the direction coming into town,but it appears that roughly half of the trips are thru trips (less than 10 minutes) while roughly the other half are either extended through trips (10 minutes to 1 hour) or local traffic (greater than 1 hour). Thus,while local people that use the highway have one perspective,there is a whole other group out there that does not live in this area that has another perspective of what the highway should be like. Therefore, this highway needs to be designed to allow the thru trips to safely get"in and out"without causing undue congestion or safety problems for the local trips. 11. Additional project information is available online at www.projects.dot.state.mn.us/seh/371/ 12. Items 12 through 33 were reviewed at the March 23, 2005 Special Council Meeting. West Lake Street - West Woodman Street {1 block} 34. On the west side, even though there are no accesses being closed along the highway, MnDOT reviewed the situation, including the safety of routing traffic past the school, and agreed to pay for a standard 32-foot wide, ditch-lined, 10-ton service road. The City in turn needs to acquire the R/W and, if they so desire, pay for a street section `above' the standard 32-foot ditch-lined roadway. The Committee has reviewed MnDOT's present layout in this area and recommends that the roadway shown in this area(West Lake to West Woodman)be constructed utilizing an urban, curb and gutter design. This may result in additional City costs on the project. The Committee recommends a rural, ditch-lined, section for this roadway South of West Lake Street. It was pointed out that there is some City storm sewer at the intersection of 2nd Street and West Woodman Street that MnDOT will need to account for during design. The Committee understands that Lake State Bank has bought the two Byers' houses (one or both may be within this proposed R/W corridor). Depending on traffic volumes north-south along this new road and east-west on West Lake Street and West Woodman Street, there may need to be either two-way or four-way stop sign conditions at these two intersections. JAI30PQLAK\025-MnDOT TH371 Improvements\Meetings\071905 Council Workshop update-memo.doc