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vwjrifi?efa. 21,1991 <br />Dear Planning Commission Members, <br />v9Ty in control. Thank you. <br />I respect and appredate your finn stand on the Comprehensive Pl^.indudingit ’3 strong <br />MMieiAn An on mewav/azpresswav through Orono. It was good to hear the resounding sunco. - ci <br />w4 hopefully ajso ta^udes 'he “Old C^dor §tudy“ done <br />by MN DOT years ago. Yst it la not so sunple as to say NO FREEWAY, NO BUILi;. <br />TiankfuUy, that is not what most people are saying at all. ....— -- - <br />At meetings like last night ’s and in my many conversations with people in this area I continue to <br />hwffMW Seas and creative suggestions for^ur Highway dUenma. In support or your work, <br />(and to add more paperwork to your pile ,) I would like to share what I diougnt I have oeen <br />hea r*"g and what seems to ma ke sense to me. <br />Tliare appears to be an alternative to a freeway wMch could be shewed as a <br />Amtrrmrh- There are ways to spread the traffic burden throughout the wnole area without a <br />muoruL^ceby any community. It is a combination ot suggesaons^at surely will ^eed <br />transportation consultants’ and engineers' expertise to re^e, but could be a good plan <br />for Orono to present to it’s citizens, neighboring communities and once refined, to MN DOT. <br />Use Hwy 55 (and Hwy 7) for a majority of the through tra^c. Neitner have to be^me <br />eewavs to do this, therefore this should not be a major timeat to tneir commumty. MN DOT <br />has stated that most of the future growth will be north of Hwy oo and they nave plans to <br />upgrade it anyway. <br />tlua part of the plan gets most trucks off Hwy 12 and provides the people fr <br />strai£t shot to downtown either by staying on 55 or by hooking up with 49-. u; <br />S5S ourselves, as Mr. Cohen stated, that the federal hignway dees start, stop at that <br />intersection already. <br />B. Allow no now corridors through Orono to be turned into a highway of any kind <br />dncliidiiig Old Corridor Option.) <br />__from the west a <br />with 494 to 394. We might <br />without aocMcinig buaino8sea» keeping safey in mind. <br />IS 18 necessary <br />•esponsibility for safe <br />r, lights where necessary and limited lane upgrades witn * <br />evening rush hour problem (maybe a consideration of the <br />poaioge throu^i our comm <br />OMddbe used wherenecess <br />—iiphams on the motning <br />twitdiing lanes idea.) <br />neighboring citizens. <br />B. to anliy work together where possible with other cities to;