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EDINBROOK CROSSING TEL :612-424-1174 Nov 29 '95 15 :52 No .024 P .03 <br /> NORTH METRO MAYORS ASSOCIATION <br /> 017,4 /985 <br /> FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> JOSEPH D. STRAUSS <br /> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br /> NORTH METRO MAYORS ASSOCIATION <br /> 612/493-5115 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> NOVEMBER 28, 1990 <br /> NORTHERN COMMUNITIES OPPOSE TOLL ROAD ISSUE <br /> The Mayors of Maple Grove, Brooklyn Park, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Spring Lake Park and <br /> Anoka County Commissioners have been joined by the North Metro Mayors Associations <br /> in opposing the 16 mile toll road proposed last week by the Minnesota Tollway <br /> Authority, Inc. <br /> The following joint statement was released today by Mayor Elwyn Tinklenberg of Blaine, <br /> President of the North Metro Mayors Association. <br /> "While the Mayors and Anoka County Commissioners generally support the concept of <br /> innovative public/private ventures to construct and operate transportation facilities, they <br /> believe that this proposal skims the cream off an already in-place and programmed <br /> highway project." <br /> "Our communities have waited some 30 years for TH 10 and TH 610 to work its way <br /> through various stages of governmental approval. Both projects have now been identified <br /> as high priorities for design and construction, with funding committed for TH 10. The <br /> need for TH 10 and TH 610 Crosstown is great. It addresses a continuing east-west <br /> access problem for our communities. TH 10 and TH 610 needs to be built. It is the <br /> highest transportation priority for the communities of the North Metro area. It should , <br /> be built as part of the total metropolitan transportation system. But not as a toll road." <br /> 'We are particularly disappointed that the proponents of this idea never bothered to come <br /> to the communities directly affected by this proposal. They just simply announced one <br /> day that construction of a toll road would begin in the fall of 1991. Their approach to <br /> this proposal is presumptuous, and demonstrates a complete misunderstanding of what <br /> the public's reaction would be." <br /> 8525 Edinbrook Crossing. Suite 5. Brooklyn Park. Mnnesota 55443 <br /> Telephone 612-493-5115 FAX 612-124-1174 <br />