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''•i!Vi • .yu,. ». <br />*K. . <br />y "■ <br />I- <br />A* • <br />HUhvay 12 Expansion <br />Mhat can b« diona?'?? <br />Background <br />The population of ueatern Hennepin and eastern hrifht counties <br />cMtUues to frou. One of the najor hiihuay routes to ^ <br />Min^apolls/St. Paul area is U.S. hUhuay 12. Each y®**;l**« <br />of autoaobiles using this corridor continues to grow as does traffic <br />on State highways 7 ft 55. <br />2)Running parallel to the corridor fron Waysata to the Hennepin county <br />Uni! is a Burlington Northern railway track. These tracks carry <br />only freight. No passengers. <br />3)•.Mt.ni HMn.pl. c«mty hM bM. to^ « k"»i*e plots. In Independence, zoning is either 5 iwre or 40 ^re <br />ntninun plots, depending on location. This zoning hM attracted a <br />cuoMmity of people to the area who like the size of these parcels. <br />n There is a need to keep the existing U.S. 12 corridor safe for <br />HUtonobile traffic. <br />12 Exnansij <br />Evervonu wants a safe driving envlronnent. Everyone alM wants ® <br />eJvrronl;.en“ No one wants the highway in their backyard, (or do they?) <br />To expand U.S. highway 12 through ohe of the south corridors will do a great deal <br />of daaage. envlronnent (trees, wetland, habitat) <br />) <br />To tn# •nVirOIMWn^ |vrw»f W^srauassw-e ••ww.w.—. <br />every day) <br />2) <br />A good solution does not appear to exist: « canter^ n Long Lake doesn’t want an expanded road running thi^gh the cenie <br />or?helr town, (and it. quite poasible that sone daaage My occur <br />Orono"and*Vndependence don’t want the <br />towns because of the environaental daaage. the coanunit> ^a~g«. the <br />habitat daaage and the cultural changes the freeway would bring. <br />(Ranaafaar that’s not why we aoved out here) <br />Maple Plain doesn’t want the expanded road running <br />town for sone of the siailar reasons that Long <br />both Maple Plain and Long Lake today enjoy revenue that .he highway <br />generates, if the highway took a different course, ^t/s q^te <br />likely the business structure of both towns would change <br />dIllirdMsV’V want the expwided road running <*irectly <br />town, but like Long Lak and Maple Plain. <br />revenue if the highway conpletely bypassed their businesses. <br />3) <br />Kolutioni <br />So far I haven’t told you. anything you don’t already know. I iaagine your <br />lir. <br />LkkkkiiMiii III nil I ■■III III'MII I "l~' ' ' ' ' ~ '...... <br />'i <br />■1 <br />c • <br />'i <br />, 1 <br />/ Vj <br />y <br />i.^ <br />f <br />{