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Home My WebLink AboutItem 13 -Highlands Trail Street Light request3/23/2015 Focus Engineering, Inc. Mail FW: Hwy 36 at Highlands Trail https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=885060bd59&view=pt&search=inbox&th=14c38fd2182339bd&siml=14c38fd2182339bd&siml=14c464edc57…1/2 Jack Griffin <jack.griffin@focusengineeringinc.com> FW: Hwy 36 at Highlands Trail 3 messages Josephson, Adam (DOT) <adam.josephson@state.mn.us>Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:00 PM To: "Jack Griffin (jack.griffin@focusengineeringinc.com)" <jack.griffin@focusengineeringinc.com> fyi From: Josephson, Adam (DOT) Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:59 PM To: hotdago2@gmail.com Subject: Hwy 36 at Highlands Trail A street light at the Highlands Trail / Hwy 36 intersection would have to be installed and maintained by the City of Lake Elmo. I contact the City Engineer (Jack Griffin) about your request. Please contact him directly if you want to pursue further. Adam Josephson, P.E. East Area Manager MnDOT – Metro District 651/2347719 adam.josephson@state.mn.us From: Barbra Thill [mailto:hotdago2@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 11:18 AM To: Henkel, Timothy (DOT) Subject: Hwy 36 Light I have submitted a question 2 times on email already to the DOT regarding the construction on Hwy 36 this past year and have not got an answer yet. It says they will respond within 3 weeks. I was requesting a street light/highway light at the corner of 36 and Highlands Trail. It is very hared to see at night when approaching the corner to make the turn. Several people have 3/23/2015 Focus Engineering, Inc. Mail FW: Hwy 36 at Highlands Trail https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=885060bd59&view=pt&search=inbox&th=14c38fd2182339bd&siml=14c38fd2182339bd&siml=14c464edc57…2/2 also said they were almost hit when a car had to suddenly brake to make the turn. I hope an accident doesn't happen before a light can be installed. You would have thought that a light would have been installed at the time of construction. Please if you are not the person to whom I should address this question, please forward this on to the appropriate person. Thank you for your time and help with this matter. I would really appreciate an answer to this question and if I need to do anything more to get this light, please let me know. Barb Barbra Thill <hotdago2@gmail.com>Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:05 AM To: jack.griffin@focusengineeringinc.com Hello Mr. Griffin, Forwarded message From: Josephson, Adam (DOT) <adam.josephson@state.mn.us> Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 3:58 PM Subject: Hwy 36 at Highlands Trail [Quoted text hidden] Barbra Thill <hotdago2@gmail.com>Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:25 AM To: jack.griffin@focusengineeringinc.com Hello, Ooops, sorry for the message that was just sent. I hit the enter key by mistake. I was given your name by Adam Josephson from the DOT. I, along with several others are concerned about not having a street light on Hwy 36 and Highlands Trail. When the project was completed on Hwy 36 last year, we had assumed they would have installed a light there. It is very hard at night to see exactly where to turn onto Highlands Trail coming off the highway. You have to break rather quickly when approaching the turn especially for the people not familiar with the turn. Honestly, I came pretty close a few times when I was on Highlands Trail waiting to enter the highway when almost got hit from someone who did not slow down to make the turn. Granted, there is sign on 36 saying Highlands Trail is coming, but until it is too late you are on the intersection needing to turn. Please, could someone check the area of concern out (hopefully after dark) to see how important this is for a light. If there is anything I could do to help pursue this light, let me know and I will try my best. If there is someone else I need to be talking to, please provide me with a name or forward this message to them. If signatures from concerned people will help, I will gladly get them for you. I sure hope we do not have to have an accident or two to make this happen. Thank you in advance for your time in checking on this for me. I would really appreciate an answer when you find anything out. Barb Thill [Quoted text hidden]