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Meanwhile the CoRd 14 -35W area is the only link along the newly upgraded Co Rd 14 corridor left problematically unresolved, due to the unfeasibility of the alternate northerly route proposal, and problems continue to mount due to recent and continuing development. Fortunately however, in an Anoka County report summarizing the need to upgrade the CoRd 14 and 35W intersection to provide a needed and justified modified cloverleaf freeway access at the old, narrow bridge site overpass at 35W, the county found that the traffic count was feasible as long ago as 1998, and was deemed necessary to provide access to 35W for Lino Lakes and Centerville. Therefore I am seeking the support of the Lino Lakes Mayor and City Council in initiating renewal of the original 1998 proposal by Anoka County for a modified cloverleaf in order to alleviate the current and growing problems of traffic pressure engendered by current, and near future commercial and residential development. Thanks to the decision by the Lino Lakes City Council to seek a bike path overpass at this Co. Rd 14 -35W site for the new bike path serving us in Anoka County Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park , a favorable political climate has been created for seeking additional funding for finally resolving the problems along the County 14 corridor. Such proposals in the current environmentally conscious political climate have been shown to have excellent chances for successful funding , and have been used as useful tools in getting additional funding for attendant city projects, ( for example the upgrading of the Pierce Butler truck route in St Paul, with funding helped by a newly designated bike path). I would remind you that in President Obama's address to the nation that he favored job creation by funding construction projects, specifically referring to bridge replacement among them. I would also refer you to a local newspaper article praising the new Co 14 -35E interchange, which you helped facilitate, in which the Anoka County Engineer was shown to be opportunistic and adept at seeking favorable conditions in which to get such funding for these type of projects. Because of the necessity to resolve the issues I illustrated and because of the favorable political climate for projects such as this I would again respectfully request your support in attaching the Co14 -35W modified cloverleaf proposal, as originally deemed necessary in 1998, and as the only currently feasible solution, to your proposal for the bike path crossing of 35W. Thank you for your attention to this matter and hopefully to a successful resolution.