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Comment received regarding L49 (and L46) from resident of 3675 Togo Rd on <br /> December 15th, 2020. Includes MCES responses below to each question. <br /> 1) Togo Road is 14 feet wide gutter to gutter and presently adjoins Shadywood Road at a very acute <br /> angle coming from the south. You are already aware of the issues that an intersection way off of <br /> perpendicular creates. In this case traffic from the south onto Togo often comes around that corner at <br /> a pretty good clip. With the current situation, maintenance vehicles sit out on the 14 foot <br /> wide pavement of Togo Road while servicing L46,with traffic from the south approaching quickly and <br /> discovering the roadway blocked last minute. In addition,traffic coming from Togo onto Shadywood <br /> during maintenance is squeezed onto the remaining pavement, making the roadway impassable. I <br /> have watched numerous dangerous scenarios unfold in that situation. <br /> Another issue with the angular intersection involves traffic coming from Togo Road and turning north <br /> onto Shadywood,or from Shadywood onto Togo Road. A vehicle of any size simply cannot make that <br /> corner on the existing pavement. If you explore the south edge of Togo Road,you will see it is deeply <br /> rutted where vehicles routinely plow through the soft earth to make the corner.And coming from the <br /> north and turning onto Togo Road also requires traffic of any size vehicle to turn wide into the lane of <br /> oncoming traffic to make the corner. Removing the L46 lift station would allow for bringing this <br /> difficult intersection into a more perpendicular configuration, by expanding the roadway into the <br /> area of the existing Togo lift station. <br /> 1. We agree with the width and off-perpendicular angle concerns of the Togo/Shadywood <br /> intersection. We are of the understanding that the City of Orono recently rebuilt Togo Rd and <br /> included concrete curb and gutter,which should partially alleviate some of the vehicle tracking <br /> and turning movement issues. The width of Togo is restricted by the available right-of-way, and <br /> posted speed limits there are 30mph from all directions. This project was coordinated with <br /> Orono's reconstruction project to ensure as little rework as possible. The existing lift station is <br /> sited on private property,within an easement, out of the public right-of-way. To make <br /> permanent improvements to sight distances,the property would need to be under the <br /> ownership of Hennepin County. The new lift station design will site the above ground <br /> equipment away from the intersection, and as close to the west edge of the easement as is <br /> feasible. Access for maintenance will be on site, rather than using the street,with a driveway <br /> across the site. This should improve/maintain sight distance to the north on Shadywood. The <br /> driveway will also allow maintenance vehicles to be completely off of Togo and/or Shadywood <br /> when they are at the lift station, improving safety for both maintenance workers and the driving <br /> public. <br /> 2) Combining the lift stations would hopefully lower long term maintenance costs by eliminating a <br /> maintenance site, as well as having all future maintenance taking place at the existing low traffic, L49 <br /> location.There is also more space at the L49 location. <br /> 1. As part of the preliminary design for the two lift stations, MCES performed an Alternatives <br /> Analysis, considering combining the two lift stations as an option. We agree that combining the <br /> two stations will cut down on operational costs, however the expense required to convey flows <br /> 1110 from the existing L46 site to a combined L49 site outweighs the long term Operations& <br />