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upgrade of a hill The s tuai'cn restricts the e* ting vehicle's ime of sight duo to the iftchr® cf the vehicle and may resir ci acce'cration during snow ana ice conditions Fnrwr^ncv Accpsft /ssrjos Woodhiii Road a'so serves as the enty access comi to the 11 res dentiai homes ar.o Woodhiii County Club for emergency vehic'es This r«bu ts m several safety prob ’ems unique to Woodhiii Road • Woodhiii Road ts crossed by rai ’road traces which arc cccasionai'y biochetl by r-iow movmg (10 mph) trams twice a day. e nmalrng any emergency response possibilities until the tra>n passes • Trams using the railroad trac><s have occasionally de'a led ana b’ccKed access Any derailment can block access to the eleven herres and county c uD for several days • Emergency veh'cle access to the Country Cub could be cut off by an accioeni along Wocdhi:i Road The distance from CR 15 to inc areas most likely to tiave h ner" d lor emergency medical care or f<re suppression would be difficult to roach effectively m a blocked condition • While Woodiiiil Road meets AAS hTQ A Policy on Ceomeinc Design of Hylmnys and Stfcor minimum res'dentiai sueei gu doimcs of 18'. mo roadway s widtt^ • (sections of 9 ' lane width) could block emergency vehicle access lo me Counuy Club in a stalled vehicle situation particularly m winter s^cw storage coniiitioni; Woodhiii County Club is served by Long l ake Fire Deparlmenl and Ambulance located northwest of the dub at the intersection of Th 12 and Brown Road Emergency vehicles do not currently have any alternative access Woodhiii Avonuo Woodhiii Avenue has been a secondary access smee the c'ub was buii'. m I9f 5-1917 Since 1980. the access has been used for uansporiation of club m.amtenance oquipment to 'ong lake, but has not been used for regular vehicu ar traffic Pedesfrian and bicydn access has a'ways been mamfa nod Gccmcirics Woodhiii Avenue 'S approximately 875 *eet m length and serves as a local public street lo SIX residences and the western access to the Woodh ii Count-y Cicb The roadway s generally level and stra ghi m nature, with a slight bend m nght-ol-way a'lgnmont approximately 200 feet Irom its eastern term nus at mo Wocdniti County Club properly line A private residential roadway to the south -o ns WooohiT Avenue approximately 90 leot west of me Woodh II property ime For a maior.ty of its length the roadway traverses a wetland, and no driveways exist or are poss-bie Woodhiii Avenue is approximately 24 ' 9 ' m w dth throughout its 'engm Nca' me intersection with Orono Orchard Road the roadway widens lo 25 2 ' belore Uaung into the intersection Woodhi ’i Avenue s 3' to 5 wider than Woodniii Read (18 4 ' -2i ' 6 *) and approximately the same width as Orono Orchard Read (25 ‘ 2 ') between CR i5 and WcxxJhiH Avenue Ov*r a Cantwry •/