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Hennepin County is undertaking bridge improvements affecting traffic in Orono. Improvements have been completed on Tanager Lake Bridge, Boy Scout Bridge, Noerenberg Bridge and Coffee Bridge. Areola Bridge is scheduled for major redecking work in 1980 and 1981, The Narrows Bridge and Hendrickson Bridge are scheduled for work in following years. While essentially of a maintenance nature, these are major construction jobs requiring partial or total bridge closure. Therefore, Orono and adjoining municipalities ha\e been deeply in\olved to assure reasonable traffic flow and emergency access during the construction. In addition, Orono is concerned that all bridge alterations provide completed roadways of a width compatible with our scenic parkway plans including provision for adequate walking and bicycle paths over the channels. Mound and Spring Park arc contemplating changing their portion of Counh' Road 15 to four lane width. This does not directly affect Orono, but does have the indirect complication of increasing traffic flow toward the center of Lake Minnetonka. Orono is opposed to any widening of County Road 15 within Orono. Orono would like to discourage widening of County Road 15 at any location. Instead, Orono is encouraging completion of the Ring Route concept to take traffic volume off of County Road 15. thereby effectively inereasing its local service capacity. The completion of a two lane ring route connection north from Mound to McCulley Road in Orono will greatly reduce travel time to Wayzata and will be consistent with the transportation needs of the Westonka Area and the transportation plans of Minnetrista and Orono. Orono further encourages the development of a new or improved connection south to Highway 7 for areas west of Orono as another alternative commuter link to the metropolitan area. I I I • I CMP 4A - 25 * • M d