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Hwy 371 North <br /> September 27, 2004 <br /> Page 8 of 11 <br /> system and should be able to justify at least paying for a standard 32-foot service road(City <br /> acquires R/W, City pays for street section `above' the standard 32-foot ditch-lined service <br /> road). <br /> Woodman Street - Sibley Street { 4 blocks } <br /> 26. With MnDOT closing accesses and `pushing' traffic to the CSAH 11 intersection,they will <br /> be worsening the situation with the CSAH 11/Main Street/2nd Street/Front Street/Brown <br /> Street "corner". <br /> Even though MnDOT has not significantly changed their access control plan through town <br /> during this multi-year process(which has shown many accesses being closed),the right-in, <br /> right-out layouts of West Washington Street in Brainerd and the multi-access points <br /> proposed for Pine River open up questions that MnDOT will need to address relative to <br /> Pequot Lakes (why there and not here?). <br /> Consider right-in right-out accesses for the following: Front Street (southbound); West <br /> Woodman Street(southbound); East Woodman Street(northbound); and East Sibley Street <br /> (northbound)1. <br /> Whether adding these accesses is going to help relieve/manage congestion or just add to it on <br /> certain City streets is an arguable point. However, it does give local traffic other options <br /> besides being funneled through the one stop-lighted intersection with CSAH I I/Main Street. <br /> The City, on its own, recognizes it needs to look at parking as well as their own City street <br /> network for multiple routes to handle local traffic. <br /> 27. Possibly look at a relocation of CSAH 11 with the County(move to the south a couple blocks <br /> to Woodman Street). <br /> From the TH 371/Woodman Street intersection, the "new" CSAH 11 would proceed east <br /> along Woodman Street to Old 371 (probably still a 4-way stop). It would then continue east <br /> at least another block past Gravdahl Drive and then would"S"curve to the north to connect <br /> back into the present CSAH 11. <br /> We would anticipate as part of any realignment,the County would `turnback' Front Street <br /> and Main Street west of TH 371 as well as Main Street east of TH 371 out to the connection <br /> of the "new" CSAH 11 with the present CSAH 11. <br /> This "new" CSAH 11 would line the stop-lighted intersection up with a street that comes <br /> directly from the school, would avoid the Main Street/2nd Street/Front Street/Brown Street <br /> CADocuments and SettingkAdministratof\Local Setting�Temporary Internet File§OLKB\Comments for Council to consider sending to MnDOT <br /> 092704-memo.doc <br />