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• • <br />bccnusc of cho hich traffic volume on the Road. The need to <br />relieve the traffic problems was recoenized by the entire <br />North MinnetonV.a area, but Orono had serious environmental <br />concerns with respect to actually upgrading County Road No. <br />15. In its present state. County Road No. 15 is a particularly <br />scei.ic drive that overlooks Lake Minnetonka. Any upgrading <br />would result in disruption of the existing vegetation adjacent <br />to the road's surface, and could be expected to result in <br />attracting more traffic thus creating a new problem. Further, <br />the volume of vehicle generated oils, deicing salts, etc., <br />could be expected to increase proportionately along the <br />route of an upgraded County Road No. 15 and would have an <br />adverse environmental impact on Lake Minnetonka.' <br />As an alternate to upgrading County Road No. 15. Oi.ono <br />has authorized this Study. Although the Rinr. Rou^te proposed <br />in this Report consists only of construction from the intersection <br />of County Road No. 19 and 84 to County Road 6 and Watertown <br />Road, the proposed alternate traffic route includes County <br />Road No. 110 extending northward from County Ro«d No. 15 in <br />downtovm Mound to County Road No. 151. thence eastward on <br />County Road No. 151 and northward on County Road No. 19 to <br />the proposed Ring Route. <br />-2 <br />i”‘it-•.ft <br />i ‘i"' <br />\ <br />K ' <br />k #• s <br />k I <br />3’’ • <br />r ’ < <br />t , <br />mm <br />. > ^7