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t' V' d �dlpl meeting — there is no place to go to get out of the way!" Thomas Drow, 6317 Red Maple Lane, noted that the Street Condition and Traffic Study prepared for the Millers South Glen project (2 years ago) projected an increase of 50 -70 trips per day on 62nd Street from existing homes in Birchwood Acres if WSLD were extended to 62nd Street. Add 3 trips per day from the homes in the new project, and the total increase in traffic on 62nd Street would be about 130 trips per day. A solution that we proposed is that the City use part of the S44,000 that RC would contribute to the street reconstruction fund to widen the north side of 62nd street with a trail from Colonial Woods subdivision to Millers South Glen (where it continues to Ware Road) This would provide pedestrian safety along 62nd Street, and also a certain amount of additional safety to vehicles. Other alternatives include temporary cul-de -sacs, either at the south end of WSLD, or at the north end of the new section of WSLD. A cul-de-sac at the north end would limit the increase in traffic on 62nd to about 70 additional trips per day, while a cul- de-sac on the south end would prevent any increase at all.. In summary, the major concern raised with regard to the WEST SHADOW PONDS project was a safety issue regarding street safety. Part of the concern involves speeding, and part involves the narrow width of 62nd Street. Even without this project, safety concerns exist regarding 62nd Street. With the project, however, the City will have $44,000 of dedicated street reconstruction funds that it could use to improve safety on 62nd Street. If the City approves this project, the major decisions will involve safety issues: (1) whether to install stop signs on WSLD, (2) whether to use part of the dedicated street reconstruction funds to widen 62nd Street with a trail, and (3) whether to allow the connection of WSLD with 62nd Street, or to construct a temporary cul- de-sac at one end of the new section of WSLD to reduce traffic on 62nd Street. We believe that the advantages of connecting West Shadow Lake Road and 62nd Street outweigh the disadvantages. The advantages include reducing the present 3/4 mile Red Maple Lane cul- de-sac to about 500 feet, allowing a more direct route from Birchwood Acres to Ware Road, allowing a more direct route from Red Maple Lane to Birch Street, and reducing the school bus and garbage truck traffic on 62nd Street by allowing one -way driving loops via WSLD. Sincerely Tedd W. Mattice, P.E.