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Pequot Lakes - Hwy 371 North August 21, 2005 Page 9 of 14 highway, the school, and the City streets in this area. East Woodman Street: There is a right-in for northbound TH 371 traffic onto East Woodman Street. The City believes having this also be a right-out would provide options for northbound TH 371 traffic and would benefit the safety and congestion on the highway, on CSAH 11/Main Street, and at the signalized intersection of the two. CSAH 11/Main Street: Full access in all directions and signalized. East Sibley Street: An access here was closed as part of the agreement with the DNR on a proposed backage road going from Government Drive, across the Paul Bunyan Trail, and connecting with Jokela Street at Front Street. One Council Member said he believed there should be a right-in for northbound TH 371 traffic onto East Sibley Street. CSAH 11/Front Street/West Grove Street: A new service road"bulb-out" connects West Grove Street to Front Street with an intersection with TH 371 in between. This intersection allows northbound and southbound TH 371 traffic to turn off the highway but only allows a right out to head south on the highway(they cannot turn left and head north on TH 371). One Council Member said he did not like the lack of options for traffic on the west side of the City to go north (all this traffic will be funneled into the Brown Street/ Front Street/Main Street/2nd Street intersection to the signalized intersection at CSAH 11/Main Street). Jokela Street: Northbound and southbound TH 371 traffic can turn off the highway onto Jokela Street. Westbound Jokela Street traffic can only turn north onto the highway(they cannot turn left and head south on TH 371). This intersection is part of the agreement with the DNR on a proposed backage road going from Government Drive, across the Paul Bunyan Trail, and connecting with Jokela Street at Front Street. 36. The possibility of relocating CSAH 11 south to align with the present East Woodman Street or with the present Morehouse Drive has been suggested and discussed. CADocuments and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKB\082105 Overall List of Issues-memo.doc