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Request for Council Action continued <br />Page 2 <br />May 21,1999 <br />Townline Road Options__________ <br />Disadvantages <br />The disadvantages of closing Townline Road are as follows: <br />1.Eliminates the ability of Townline Road residents to use Highway 12 as an access to <br />Maple Plain or to directly access Highway 12 as a route to the east. <br />2.Requires using County Road 6 as the route to the east and as the route to Maple <br />Plain. <br />3.May increase traffic on Broadmoor Lane due to using Broadmoor as a shortcut to <br />Maple Plain rather than using County Road 6. <br />4.In the absence of a plan to the contrary, eliminates emergency public safety access <br />to Townline Road via Highway 12, requiring access from County Road 6. <br />5.Because there has not been substantial long-term transportation planning regarding <br />Highway 12, County Road 6 and County Road 19, it is not clear whether the closure <br />of Townline Road is the best long-term transportation solution. <br />Traffic Movement Trade-Offs <br />1.Tnwnline Road traffic. The closure of Townline Road will result in overall reduced <br />traffic on Townline Road, even with the inclusion of a potential 17 housing units <br />developed on the Medina property, due to the elimination of through traffic. Current <br />traffic counts on Townline Road show approximately 1,000 cars per day. There are <br />currently 17 homes along Townline Road, including 7 on Creekwood Trail; an <br />additional 17 homes in the Medina property would bring the total to 34. Using an <br />average of 10 trips per day per household the 34 homes along Townline Road would <br />generate approximately 340 trips per day. This is approximately one-third of the <br />current traffic level on Townline Road. <br />2.Fjtst/west access. The 1998 traffic counts show approximately 18,000 cars per day <br />on Highway 12 at Townline Road, and approximately 4,000 cars per day on County <br />Road 6 at fownline Road. The closure of Townline Road would require traffic going <br />eastbound in the morning to take a left onto County Road 6 vs. currently taking a <br />right onto Highway 12. This traffic would then take County Road 6 to the signalized <br />intersection at County Road 6 and Highway 12.