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< <br />■t'i»• * •• <br />It"' <br />.! <br />‘I <br />Ir. <br />■r. <br />V.. <br />v^:tr <br />fe <br />'!*',-S^'^.;._-- <br />Page 4 - Highway 12 Corridor <br />12: The "no build" option is not an option. The result of <br />"no build" would be deterioration of property values. Health <br />considerations for those who live close to the road will be <br />compromised. The local businesses that require ease of <br />entrance and exit would suffer and would likely relocate. <br />The ability of public safety and emergency services to serve <br />Maple Plain would be seriously impaired. Local traffic <br />delays exceeding 5 minutes are likely. <br />13: Enlarging the present corridor would effectively cut <br />Maple Plain in half and cause the loss of significant tax <br />base and jobs within the town. Roughly 2/3 of the total <br />Maple Plain City tax base would lie within an expanded cor­ <br />ridor in the present location. <br />14: Enlarging the present corridor will cause the closing of <br />local streets and will force frontage roads to be developed. <br />There is no economic means for the City of Maple Plain to ac­ <br />complish this and resulting loss of tax base and deteriora­ <br />tion of property values will further erode the ability of <br />Maple Plain to cope financially. <br />15: Significant business exists on both sides of the present <br />corridor. Expansion of the present corridor will cause the <br />loss of up to half of the present businesses due to direct <br />removal due to construction or relocation for ease of access. <br />Present zoning requirements established setback requirements <br />which meet only the present road size. An expanded roadway <br />will c^i’se nearly every property along the present corridor <br />to be » non-compliant. <br />16: Enlarging the present corridor will destroy one park and <br />adversely affect our largest City Park. <br />17: The Fire Department now serves approximately 4,000 <br />people and requires access directly to the present corridor. <br />An enlarged corridor will prevent access to the Highway <br />within a reasonable distance. The Fire Department has no al­ <br />ternatives due to the railroad tracks directly next to the <br />south side of the station. As our served population in­ <br />creases, the importance of easy entrance increases. <br />10: If the present corridor is expanded, significant realign <br />ment of the railroad would be necessary to accommodate a <br />crossing at the west end of Maple Plain. The present bridge <br />is 13 ft. clearance and can not be lowered to the level neces <br />sary due to the Painter Creek watershed which abuts che cross <br />ing.