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li <br />The intersection of Wayzata Blvd (T.H. 12) and Willow Drive is located 3/4 <br />miles west of the cp' 1 business district of the city of Long Lake, <br />approximately 15 miles we-c of downtown Minneapolis. A flashing beacon system <br />is currently inplace at the intersection. Wayzata Blvd is a two-lane highway <br />(one lane in each direction) with dedicated right turn lanes and Willow Drive <br />is a two-lane local street. Under the proposed project, the Minnesota <br />Department of Transportation plans to reconstruct Wayzata Blvd and add <br />dedicated left and right turn lanes and a barrier median from a point just <br />east of Old Crystal Bay Road to a point in dow-ntown Long Lake just west of <br />Lake Street. The intersection of Wayzata Blvd and Willow Drive is included in <br />the project. In conjunction with t.hat work. Mn/DOT plans to signalize the <br />intersection and the traffic engineering studies reported herein justify that <br />action. <br />West of the intersection, Wayzata Blvd will be posted at 50 mph. East of the <br />intersection, Wayzata Blvd will be posted at 40 mph. Therefore, travel speeds <br />through the intersection on Wayzata "iivd generally will be greater than 40 mph <br />and as is stated in each of the volume-based warrants (Warrants 1, 2, and 8), <br />the traffic volume requirements for warrant satisfaction will thus be <br />lower than the standard volumes listed in the MMUTCD manual. Likewise, <br />lower volume requirements of Figures 4-8 and 4-6 will apply for Warrant 9 <br />"Four Hour Volumes" and Warrant 11 -- "Peak Hour Volume", respectively. <br />1