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layouts are very flexible and do not represent final layouts for this area. <br />Kunze asked why the Long Lake/Orono area was being presented first. Knutson and <br />Dallam said that the Techmcal Committee asked HNTB to look at this area first, to study <br />the "bottleneck" issue on T.H. 12 east of Long Lake. There were no other questions on the <br />layouts. <br />Johnson asked about the next meeting date for the Policy Committee, and whether the other <br />committees will meet before January. Dallam said that the Technical and Citizen ’s <br />Committees will meet November 13 to discuss the results of this meeting with the Policy <br />Committee. It was suggested that the Policy Committee recom^^e on November 28th to <br />discuss traffic forecasts if they are available. <br />Johnson then asked if there were comments from the audience, to which Hay, Dallam, and <br />Knutson resi*onded: <br />(Alan Carlson, Orono) Is cost of roadway and of acquiring right-of-way considered? <br />Comment: S. Bypass alternative should not be considered. <br />A: The EIS considers construction cost estimates for each alternative, including right-of- <br />way acquisition cost estima' <br />(Ed Peterson, Long Lake) Have measv ,ments between Long Lake and the BN tracks been <br />made to see if a 4-lane highway can fit? <br />A; No extensive smdies have yet been conducted - right-of-way restrictions will depend <br />on documented impacts of whether the selected roadway will fit; whether the railroad <br />will need to be relocated; and/or whether Long Lake itself would need to be <br />partially filled. <br />(Pam Zanetti, Long Lake) When will (programmed) interim improvements to existing T.H. <br />12 be constructed? <br />A: (Humb ert not sure but would find out; Kunze said 1992) <br />(Rosemary Scheuer, Pioneer/Laker Newspaper) When will products be available and what’s <br />the schedule for future presentations? <br />A: Traffic forecasts will probably be available in November. HNTB will prepare <br />overlays in November and December for a January Policy Committee presentation. <br />The earliest a general public meeting could be held on the results of the scoping <br />process will probably be mid-1991. <br />In Other Business, Hay discussed that Mn/DOT decided to add representatives from the <br />City of Wayzata to the three committees because at least one major alternative (the South <br />Bypass) affects the dty. Johnson asked whether Plymouth might be added - Hay responded