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the <br />construction, <br />there is <br />no <br />indication of <br />what <br />the impact of <br />such a penetration <br />on <br />aquifer water <br />quality, <br />or <br />on Armstrong <br />Lake <br />water levels, <br />will be. <br />Page 10, para. 14. The City of Lake Elmo has adopted shoreland ordinances <br />which should be addressed when considering the project work being done on <br />the northerly portion of Armstrong Lake. <br />Page 12, para. 17. The subject of excavation of the old road bed does not <br />address the method by which this is achieved. Are the waters of Armstrong <br />Lake to be completely drained, or is a coffer dam to be installed to render the <br />project site semi -dry? <br />Page 13, para. 18. There is no justification given as to why road pollutants <br />will not have a significant impact on the bordering wetlands, or on Armstrong <br />Lake. <br />Page 13, para. 19b. As runoff will affect Armstrong Lake, a nutrient budget <br />analysis is surely needed? <br />Page 13, para. 20. The depth to ground water is between 4 and 7 feet. <br />Excavation of the old road bed will go well below this level. There are definite <br />site hazards to ground water from spillages from construction activities even if <br />no abandoned wells etc., exist. <br />Page 15, para. 22, Traffic. As the project is a road reconstruction, it is <br />surprising that the traffic study was not attached as an appendix to the EAW. <br />This is a subject of strong local controversy, so that a study which justifies the <br />four lane construction should have been routinely included. <br />Page 17, para. 28. "A number of meetings have been held with the <br />local governmental units of Oakdale and Lake Elmo." The total number <br />of meetings held with Lake Elmo has been no more than four, which does not <br />seem adequate for a project of this magnitude, and local concern. No ongoing <br />meetings on design progress have been scheduled with Lake Elmo. <br />Page 19, para. 32. The local Lake Elmo controversy centers on the degree of <br />wetland disturbance for the construction of a four lane divided, Y. a two lane <br />highway. Agreement from the Lake Elmo Council is based on the assumption <br />that a future upgrade to four lanes would be necessary within five or six years. <br />"In the very near future" is too vague a term for this claim, when the EAW is <br />not supported by a traffic study appendix. <br />