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i ^11? <br />^ Minnesota D«partm«nt of Transportation <br />IJ <br />3 Matropolitan Division <br />Waters Edge <br />1500 West County Road B2 <br />Roseville. MN55113 <br />July 19, 1996 <br />Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Rice <br />4025 Watertown Road <br />Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 <br />Dear Mr. & Mrs. Rice: <br />I am writing in response to your letter of July 1, 1996 concerning the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation’s (Mn/DOT) study of Trunk Highway (TH) 12 in the Long Lake and Orono area. <br />Thank-you for your letter. Mn/DOT welcomes citizen input, and we appreciate the opportunity to <br />respond. <br />In April of 19% Mn/1X)T announced that we were no longer considering four-lane expansion of TH <br />12. Instead we announced our intention to proceed with a project proposed to build a new two-lane <br />highway adjacent to the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks in Long Lake and Orono. The City of <br />Long Lake has proposed we look a two additional alternatives, one of which includes a new two-lane <br />highway bypassing Long Lake to the south. Two neighborhood groups from Long Lake and Orono <br />have proposed tha Mn/DOT study an another altemaive which includes a three-lane roadway on the <br />current TH 12 alignment. Under this proposal the center lane is a reversible lane carying eastbound <br />traffic during the morning hours and west bound traffic during the evening peak period. <br />Mn/DOT is in the process of evaluaing each of these three altemaives, determining if they ae <br />feasible to carry forwad. We anticipate an announcement in late August stating which ahematives we <br />will carry forwad and wha tha study process will entail. If any of these alternatives our added to our <br />study we will hold public meetings and have a 30-day comment period immediately following our <br />announcement. <br />Again, thank-you for your input. If you have addition^ questions or comments please do not hesitate <br />to call Patti Loken (582-1293) or myself (582-1296). <br />■) <br />Sincerely, <br />Tom O’Keefe, P.E. ^ <br />Planning Engineer <br />Mn/DOT Metropolitan Division <br />cc: <br />Governor Ame Calson <br />Senator Gen Olson <br />Representaive Todd Van Dellen <br />Orono City Council <br />An equal opportunity employer