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2. Contro lled Access - As noted above, controlled access assists not only in lessening the width but also assists in the safety and local movement of traffic, keeping the volumes off the highway. The City has, at a previous meeting with MNDot, asked if they would look at assisting in the funding of both the north and south service roads that the City has proposed in its Comprehensive Plan. Such an approach may also be feasible in helping Long Lake reduce the number of curb cuts. You may note on the plan that a service road was platted in front of several of the businesses between Virginia and Willow in Long Lake. 3. Channelization - Channelization does assist in directing traffic and may lessen some of the accidents, particularly at Willow and 12. 4. Siqnalization - Willow/12 - With the channelization at the intersection would accomodate a future light. In informal discussions it is the expectation that cross traffic at this intersection would meet the warrants by the time it was developed in 1991. The City has additio*:ally broached with MNDot the possibility of including traffic counts from curb cuts in the vicinity of the intersection, so that those cross traffic counts could be used in trying to meet the warrant. The City staff will be looking for a response on this issue as part of the comments. The installation of channelization now wil ■* substantially lower the cost that had been anticipated for signalization. 5. North Brown/Virqinia Intersection - An alternative plan shown regarding the safety improvement is the realignment of North Brown Road with Virginia Avenue, this alternative does align traffic and may improve site distances with North Brown together with reducing some of the multiple curb cuts found east of Virginia Avenue. It is something, however, that the City of Long Lake may not desire as Virginia Avenue is segregated between the residential area and commercial by directional "One Way" signs. The impact in Orono is that it would place all of North Brown in Orono together with probably placing the retention pond for the Rebers* property on the east side of the newly alligned road. It may also have an impact on the accesses for the Bank and townhouses. 6. Funding - While proposed as a .fety improvement, the amount of funding, if any, from the City of Orono should be refunded. It is expected that they may request the City to share funding for ROW and/or storm sewer and curb and gutter. At the present these seem to be the major items of concern identified and ones that would be addressed by the staff with