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I <br />I n.^ <br />I <br />tco <br />ttA;>S upgrade of a hill. The situation restricts the exiting vehicle's line of sight due to the <br />incline of the vehicle and may restrict acceleration during snow and ice conditions. <br />Emergency Access Issues <br />Woodhill Road also serves as the only access point to the 11 residential homes and <br />Woodhill County Club for emergency vehicles. This results in several safety problems <br />unique to Woodhill Road: <br />Woodhill Road is crossed by railroad tracks which are occasionally blocked by slow- <br />moving (10 mph) trains twice a day. eliminati.ng any emergency response <br />possibilities until the train passes. <br />Trains using the railroad tracks have occasionally derailed and blocked access. <br />Any derailment can block access to the eleven homes and county club for several <br />days. <br />Emergency vehicle access to the Country Club could be cut off by an accident <br />along Woodhill Road. The distance from CR 15 to the areas most likely to have a <br />need for emergency medical care or fire suppression would be difficult to reach <br />effectively in a blocked condition. <br />While Woodhill Road meets AASHTO A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways <br />ana minimum residential street guidelines of 18'. the roadway's width <br />(sectiii .'j of 9 ■ lane width) could block emergency vehicle access to the Country <br />Club i:. a stalled vehicle situation, particularly in winter snow storage conditions <br />Woodhill County Club is served by Long Lake Fire Department and Ambulance, located <br />northwest of the club at the intersection of TH 12 and Brown Road Emergency vehicles <br />do not currently have any alternative access. <br />Woodhill Avenue <br />Woodhill Avenue has been a secondary access since the club was built in 1915-1917. <br />Since 1980. the access has been used for transportation of club maintenance <br />equipment to long lake, but has not been used for regular vehicular traffic. Pedestrian <br />and bicycle access has always been maintained. <br />Geometries <br />Woodhill Avenue is approximately 875 feet in length and serves as a local public street <br />to six residences and the western access to the Woodhill Country Club. The roadway is <br />generally level and straight in nature, with a slight bend in right-of-way alignment <br />approximately 200 feet from its eastern terminus at the Woodhill County Club property <br />line. A private residential roadway to the south joins Woodhill Avenue approximately 90 <br />feet west of the Woodhill property line. For a majority of its length the roadway traverses <br />a wetland, and no driveways exist or are possible. <br />Woodhill Avenue is approximately 24' 9 " in width throughout its length. Near the <br />intersection with Orono Orchard Road the roadway widens to 25 ' 2 " before flaring into <br />the intersection. Woodhill Avenue is 3' to 5' wider than Woodhill Road (18 ' 4 "-21 <br />’ 6 ") and approximately the same width as Orono Orchard Road (25 ’ 2 ") between <br />CR 15 and Woodhill Avenue. <br />Ov»r a Cantury of <br />Mnginooring Exeatlaoeo <br />mM- ars>- •%.