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TO: The Honorable Members of the Orono Planning Commission <br />and The Orono City Council <br />FROM: Turnham Road/Chippewa Lane Neighborhood <br />RE: Proposed Subdivision by Mary Petersen <br />The undersigned residents in the Turnham Road/Chippewa Lane <br />neighborhood respectfully request that you HOT require the <br />dedication or construction of a through road between Turnham <br />Road and McCulley Road for the following reasons: <br />1. As city staff has stated, a through road is not <br />necessary to serve the density presently allowed in our <br />area. The proposed cul-de-sac will serve only three homes. <br />Only one additional lot will access Turnham Road. This <br />additional number of homes and the risk of police and fire <br />protection being cut off are so small that the expense or <br />need for a through street is not justified. <br />2. A through road will not eliminate the already existing <br />Chippewa Lane dead end. All of the homes on Chippewa Lane <br />will still have only one direction of access. <br />3. If greater density is allowed in the future, road <br />right-of-way can be required in future subdivisions. To <br />require it now is purely speculative. <br />4. Allowing through traffic will turn Turnham Road into a <br />raceway, greatly increasing the noise and safety hazards. <br />This added risk to public safety outweighs any risk that <br />might exist from having only one direction of access. <br />5. We have chosen to live on a dead end street. We have <br />accepted the risk of having only one access as a trade-off <br />for certain other benefits more important to us. The people <br />who come to our neighborhood after us will do the same. <br />■