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-5- <br />Wendall Erickson, 5319 St. Stephens, said he remembers being in the Village Hall <br />about twenty years ago asking about semiphores and they were told then not to <br />worry about Highway #10. In a very few years it's just going to be a service <br />road. So we have now got a million dollar overpass and model freeway that ends <br />in a swamp. If they ever get this freeway finished then what happens; will we <br />get the semiphores removed or what. <br />Mr. VanWormer said he did not know what the plans for freeway were but pressure <br />would have to be put on the other communities to get some progress on it. It <br />will take eight to ten years. <br />Kathy Shun, 5240 Greenfield Avenue, asked if the letter sent to Greenfield and <br />Jeffery Drive residents was also sent to people on Edgewood because traffic would <br />be increasing on their street if people cannot turn south on Greenfield. Anchor <br />Inn causes traffic problems also. <br />Mayor Neisen said they did not receive a letter because Council did not know <br />there would be a center island put through. There will be another hearing at <br />a later date. <br />Mrs. Edberg, 7860 Greenwood Drive, wondered where the entrance to the new shopping <br />center is going in. If a cul -de -sac is put on Eastwood Rd. all the northerly <br />traffic would be routed down Greenwood and Long Lake Rd. She is not in favor of <br />the cul -de -sac. <br />Mayor Neisen said the entrance is between Eastwood and Greenwood. <br />Ron Johnson, 5249 Jeffery, stated that the hill on O'Connell in the winter <br />drifts and cars get stuck, if Greenfield is restricted they won't be able to <br />get out at all. <br />Ed Donatelle, 5269 Jeffery did not feel restriction of traffic on Greenfield <br />was a good idea. He was also very concerned about traffic racing through <br />his parking lot at Donatelles making a hazardous situation caused by installation <br />of a median in this area. <br />Ron Meron, 5250 Greenfield Avenue, suggested a flashing red light instead of a <br />median. <br />Mr. VanWormer said this would not be a solution in this situation. <br />Sharon McCarthy, 7760 Long Lake Road voiced her concern about added traffic on <br />Long Lake Road which is an old narrow road not equipped for thoroughfare traffic. <br />Mr. VanWormer said they have tried to figure out which alternate routes traffic <br />would take. They don't see all the traffic now on Eastwood ending up on Long <br />Lake Road and don't feel placement of a median or culdesac is going to make a <br />difference as to how many people go on a road and in any case it would amount to <br />only about 100 to 200 additional cars, it would not be a matter of 1,000. <br />Peter Szurok, 8145 Eastwood Rd, asked if there had been a public hearing on <br />building the shopping center. <br />