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bs accessed by circuitous routes. The extension of Woodale would provide additional access for emergency services, including fire " protection, police, ambulance, and similar services. The issue of truck usage, especially from the business park, was also a concern. The traffic study does not conclude that there would be any trucic usage and logically there is no benefit to trucks using Woodale west of the proposed business park entrance. The only trucks with any interest in using Woodale would be those intending to head west on County Road H-2. The difficulty of turning onto Edgewood and then onto H-2 would discourage these trucks since a direct access to TH 10 and then a signalized turn onto H-2 is a preferable route. Any trucks with other destinations would have to back -track if they used Woodale to the west. The second major concern was designation as an municipal State Aid Street and construction to NSA standards. The City is allowed up to 8.79 miles of State Aid designated streets. Currently, we have only 7.42 miles designated. A street must meet certain criteria to be eligible for state aid designation. These criteria include designation as a collector in the City's Comprehensive plan, connecting points of major traffic interest, or providing an integrated street system. Only certain streets can qualify as shown by the fact that we are not fully able to utilize our current allowable mileage. To eliminate Woodale from the system would mean elimination from Edgewood to TH 10. This segment is 0.35 mile in length. We zeceived $257,005 as our 1989 allotment from state aid. This segment accounted for $12,122 of the allotment. We are allotted approximately the same amount each year. Actual cash received for maintenance purposes is 25$ of our allotment. This means we could lose $3,040 each year from our maintenance funds. over 25 years this would be in excess of $75,000 of lost revenue. Designation as a State Aid street requires construction to state aid standards. Width and pavement structure are the primary standards of concern. The following table shows the width standard: Width Parkin Lanes 40 feet Both Sides 34 feet One Side 28 feet No Parking The current roadway width is approximately 23 feet including the aspnalt gutter. Since we would also install concrete curb and gutter, the very minimum design would require a width of 29 feet from beck of curb to back of curb, G feet wider than the current roadway. A number of residents do park along this street, and for their convenience, i still believe a parking lane along the north side is appropriate. While there may be some conflicts when the athletic fields are in use, this is minimal compared with the amount of time residents use the parking area. The parking lane could be on the south side if preferred by the residents,