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of -way for future cloverleaf at C.R. 15; while that need is not anticipated in the near future it is strongly recommended that the right-of-way for the cloverleaf be acquired immediately to make possible the expansion to a cloverleaf as and when it does become necessary. (d) Alternate I will cause the least disruption to the City during construction. Traffic can be maintained on existing T.H. 12. By-passes for county roads carrying north -south traffic thru the construction zone will not have to cross existing T.H. 12. (e) This Alternate I also makes possible the use of a service road between Helmo Avenue North and C.R. 80 which should be located at a reasonably practical lo- cation to the North of I-94. Such a service road is considered of major importance to the City of Lake Elmo. (f) This Alternate causes the least disruption to exist- ing residences and businesses in the City of Lake Elmo. (g) This Alternate provides better design for control of local traffic movement away from the Inter -state system. (h) This Alternate is more compatible with the objectives of the City to control west to east development along the Inter -state highway corridors. (i) This Alternate tends to increase the economic feasi- bility of providing mass transit facilities for high density development within the highway corridor area; it is the stated goal of this City in its long range planning that the City should be served by a public transit system to minimize the need for individual automobile traffic even though it is recognized that the primary mode of transportation within and through the community will continue to be by private automobile. (j) This Alternate provides the best opportunity to minimize noise pollution and air pollution by reason of the fact that both the design and construction of the highway and future highway development can be planned and carried out with these problems in mind. (k) This Alternate eliminates the need for frontage roads which the City Council finds to be undesirable by reason of the fact that the construction and main- tenance costs are the same as the road which is used on both sides but a frontage road normally serves the land on only one side. As to Alternate II, the City Council has determined that the only beneficial effect to the City of Lake Elmo would be that the lo- cation of the freeway on existing State Highway 12 would involve using