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• » * <br />Jane 22.1999 <br />P.5CB1V2D <br />JU:1 2 3 W59 <br />OW'i Cr*OKO <br />Mr. Greg Gappa <br />City of Oroao <br />P.O.Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay»MN 55323 <br />Dear Greg: <br />I am following up on your conversation with Dick Ogle regarding the parWng safety <br />situation on the stretch of County Road 19/Shadywood Road, just north of the Nanows Bndgc in <br />Orono. I am writing on behalf of a group of Orono neighbors that live m the immediate area. <br />There is currendy a very significant safety risk on County Road 19, in tht area indicated on the <br />attached map. Unless something is done, we beUeve its just a matter of ume before a very <br />serious accident will happen in this area. <br />As backiround. many yean ago when the last major work was done on County Road 19, one of <br />fte^idents in our Jel Gen«al Rawlings, worked with the city and/o«ounty to widen *e toad <br />on both sides of County Road 19 on the northern side of the Narrows. The “ <br />provide a deceletaUon lane so cars turning into the driveways on either side of 19 “uld get out <br />of traffic, puli over safely, slow down and exit safely without d.sruphng traffic flow on 19. This <br />L necessary because the approach to 19 is a hill and you can see cars for less than 100 yard. <br />from the entrance to the driveways. <br />The deceleration lanes work well since they give people plenty of time to puU o«t Md slow <br />down without disrupUng traffic flow on County Road 19. Early on. ^ „„ <br />problem, but over the past few years parking has become a problem m the f <br />both sides of the road. There are frequenfly cars parked along both sides of 19 and sometimes <br />overnight or all weekend. <br />^Yhen cars are parked along County Road 19 we are not able to safely gel over ^nd slow down to <br />ma.ke a turn. Cars are forced to cither stop on 19 before turmng ^er <br />County Road 19 before turning. In cither case, generally the cars behind <br />lane to get around the car turning, leaving less than 100 yards of c ew visi ^ romin<T over <br />Narrows bridge. Cars coming north on County Road 19 are ^ north side oflhe <br />Lhe Narrows Bridge because they know the speed lirrit goes up to 40 <br />t.*idgc. This creates a situation where cars arc speedin^p cormng over ® ^ acerferatins <br />towards cars that arc speeding up to pass cars turning ofi County Roa <br />towards each other with limited visibility in cssenually the same lane.