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IVi`.L'CH E. WELTZIN <br />County Engineer <br />PHYLLIS F. SPECKER <br />Administrative Ass istant <br />November29, 1979 <br />Mr. Gerald J. Urban <br />Clerk- Treasurer <br />City of Vadnais Heights <br />687 East County Road F <br />Vadnais Heights, Minnesota 55110 <br />Ramsey County Engineer <br />CITY OF <br />VADNAIS HEIGHTS <br />NI)V 2 ? 1979 <br />Median Closure - .Trunk Highway 61 at County Road D <br />167 Courthouse <br />St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 <br />,Telephone (612) 298 -4127 <br />The Minnesota Department of Transportation would like to close the <br />median crossover on Trunk Highway 61 at the intersection of County <br />Road D in Maplewood and Vadnais Heights. The department has re- <br />quested our concurrence in this proposal. <br />They are proposing that this work be done because during 1977 and <br />1978 there were 31 accidents at this intersection and the accident <br />rate, 2.4 accidents per million approach vehicles, is 300 percent <br />greater than the district average for similar intersections. In <br />addition, analysis of the accidents indicates that the vast majority <br />of accidents are caused by vehicles on County Road D crossing from <br />one side of Trunk Highway 61 to the other. In our opinion, the <br />most practical and cost - effective solution is simply to close the <br />median crossover. <br />At you know, County policy is to receive municipal concurrence in <br />these matters prior to taking such actions. Please review th:'s <br />proposal and notify us cf your municipal desires. <br />If you have any questions, please contact Wayne R. Leonard, our <br />coordinating engineer, at 484 -9104. <br />i <br />(Kenneth E. Weltzin,`'P.E. <br />County Engineer <br />PK /msm <br />cc: City of Maplewood <br />(ltc W k 11th. <br />C <br />