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COI INCH MEETING <br />MAY 2 4 1999 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />cu Y Of- um ONO <br />DATE: May 21,1999 <br />ITEM NO: / <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed: <br />Item Description: Townline Road Options <br />m Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator’s <br />Report <br />Attachments: <br />1 TmfRr Volume Tnform;»tion - Highway 12 and County Road 6 <br />2. Traffic Volume Information - Townline Road <br />3. Letter from Bradley Beisel re: Access Problem Concerning Property Owned by <br />Rudds and Slaughters <br />4. Letter from Marvin Johnson, Mayor of Independence <br />The Cities of Maple Plain and Medina, along with Mn/DOT, are requesting the City's support for <br />a plan to close and cul-de-sac Townline Road at its north end to enable a signalized intersection at <br />Highway 12 and County Road 29 to solve a substantial traffic safe.ty problem. The closure is <br />necessary because the existing railroad overpass bridge at Townline Road makes it impossible to <br />create the fourth leg of the iniciaCCuon at Townline Road without spending several million dollars <br />to reconstruct the railroad bridge. <br />The closure of Townline Road would provide a number of benefits but would also have a number <br />of disadvantages. <br />Benefits <br />The benefits of closing Townline Road are as follows: <br />1.Enables a substantial safety improvement (signalized intersection) at Highway 12 and <br />County Road 29 to move ahead without the cost of replacing the railroad bridge. <br />2. Eliminates through traffic on Towmline Road. <br />3.Provides a new access to homes east of Townline Road and south of the railroad <br />tracks, enabling the elimination of an at-grade railroad crossing and an access to <br />Highway 12.