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Citizen’s Committee Minutes <br />October 16, 1990 <br />Page 3 <br />Questions and comments were then received from the Audience and addressed by Hay, <br />Dallam, and Knutson: <br />Q: How many lanes west of downtown Long Lake (for an expressway)? How wide is <br />this? <br />A: Six to eight, by the time left/right turning lanes and/or frontage access lanes are <br />added. With a 40 ft. median, a minimum of 120 ft. would be needed. <br />Q: Weren’t overlay maps for environmental features to be expected at this meeting? <br />A: Environmental data and mapping are not yet available - layouts were based on <br />visible features from aerial maps. Therefore, the alignments may shift somewhat <br />after the environmental factors are evaluated. <br />Q: Isn’t the Orono Middle School parking lot impacted (by the mainline upgrade of T.H. <br />12)7 <br />A: Yes • either as a freeway or expressway. The alignment was shifted onto the <br />northside of T.H. 12 and again is only one possibility. <br />Q: Are the other corridor study committees getting the same information and mapping? <br />A: Yes - when a consensus is reached on the corridors to be evaluated, then the <br />environmental overlays will be prepared. <br />Q: When will the project be completed? At what time will a decision be made on a <br />(preferred) corridor? <br />A: Most likely between one to two years. <br />Q: South of Maple Plain, there is a lot of new construction. Is it possible to avoid areas <br />that simply are not possible? <br />A; It is possible to run an alignment nearly anywhere, except that the impacts become <br />more severe and therefore more difficult to take in some instances. <br />Q: Can the Luce Line be taken, or other parks? Golf courses? <br />A: Publicly-owned recreation areas must be documented as Section 4(f) properties, <br />which are veiy difficult to take. The Luce Line trail may be crossed by an alignment, <br />which then becomes an impact Golf courses that are privately-held are not treated <br />the same as publicly-held courses [4(f)]. <br />Q: Is this why the freeway section of T.H. 12 swerves to miss the Wayzata Country <br />Qub? <br />A: Probably; it could have been a political compromise, or it was the least cost <br />alternative.