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. I- <br />WAYZATAI PLYMOUTH <br />Week of November 17,198jS - Vol. 3; No. 33 <br />Orono Lane hazards prompt <br />road replacenient request <br />by Jcdi Ehlers I “I think the first thing to be <br />Several Orono residents, up^c ‘.done is a feasibility'study to <br />over what they believe is an in* \ determine exactly what it would <br />, creasingly dai\4ero»ji traffic ' .cost for the county to (to this,” <br />I problem on Orono Lane, asked [Newell said, “and I don’t think <br />the City Co’nci! Nov. iC to im* rpfflripnts shnnlrf h9v«> <br />prove its safety. <br />Newell Wekl, one of the <br />residents, had a<dced the council <br />to conduct a feasibility study to <br />estimate the costs of improving <br />the road. City engineers said the <br />project would cost at least <br />$35,000. • . ' <br />• Joining Weed last week at the <br />council meeting were fellpw <br />itbe residents alone should have <br />to pay for it.” <br />^yor Mary Butler said that <br />£3 all her years on the City Coun­ <br />cil she had never been asked to <br />‘Cmove someone’s road .... I <br />tbink the first thing we should do <br />is figure out whose cheddbook <br />‘ t^ money would be coming <br />£n)m before we do a feasibility <br />staidy." <br />____________________________________________________________________ <br />Mowen, Dana Wells and Henry the councO would even suggest <br />See. They said the road is a saf^ <br />ty hazard not only to them but to. • <br />everyone who drives past u, ?'• \ <br />County Road 15. ’ 1 <br />“Because Highway 15 is now a I <br />major access road with all the <br />construction of 1-394, the safety ; <br />hazard to residents and anyone <br />who uses Orono Lane is mvist <br />serious,” Weed said: ’We feel <br />the county should participate in , <br />the (xist of doing something j <br />about the problem.” 1 <br />Orono Lane curves onto Coun- ’ <br />ty Road 15, making it difficult to ; <br />see oncoming cars. Although it 'j <br />has been a problem for Orono ] <br />Lane residents for many years, ' <br />traffic has recently increased on <br />County Road 15 as a result of <br />Highway 12 constructioa <br />Qty staff estimated the cost of <br />building a new road 200 feet east <br />of Orono Lane’s present en­ <br />trance at $35,000, which would <br />be shared by eight property <br />owners at $4,3^ each. However, <br />that estimate could easily in- <br />cre^, according to city <br />engineer Glen CooIl <br />that residents alone pay for the <br />new road. “Residents aren’t the <br />only ones who would benefit <br />from this,” he said ‘‘My wife’s <br />cleaning lady has to walk across <br />County Roaci 15 because the peo­ <br />ple who drive her won’t pull into <br />Orono Lane. It’s an exceecfingly <br />dangerous turn made worse by <br />the uninterrupted flow of traffic <br />we now have because they took <br />the stophgbt out by Chi-CU’s.” <br />Coundlmember Tom Frahm <br />suggested there might be an in­ <br />termediate solution to the pro­ <br />blem by redudng the sp^ <br />limit on County Road 15 and <br />moving Orono Lane. 20 feet in­ <br />stead ^ 200. Mowen pointed out, <br />however, that the speed limit <br />there is already 35 mph, and <br />people don’t be^ it <br />City administrator Mark Ber- <br />nhar^n said, s ace Orono Lane <br />residents w>^ be the main <br />beneficiaries of a new road, <br />= financing couid DOf COme OUt of <br />: a general property-tax <br />assessment. <br />N <br />* ■ <br />I