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1 factory neighbor when it came to upkeep of their 2 property; 3 doubted whether adding more drive-up lanes could cor- 4 rect the traffic congestion near her home which is 5 diagonal from the bank because traffic on 39th is like 6 "a zoo or state fair with cars constantly turning 7 around in the neighbors ' driveways and occasionally 8 having accidents in front of our homes" ; 9 observed that there are never enough parking places to 10 accommodate TCF customers; 11 "strongly" advocated the bank buy more property to 12 expand the parking facilities ; 13 wondered with traffic already backed up all the way 14 down the street to get into the existing two drive-in 15 lanes whether traffic conditions might get worse in- 16 stead of better with four lanes ; 17 was concerned all the lawn on her side of the bank 18 would be torn up with people parking all over the site. 19 Ruth Nelson, 3916 Macalaster Drive, recounted the near 20 misses she, her husband, and other neighbors had ex- 21 perienced trying to drive or walk down 39th Avenue; • 22 requested a stop sign be installed at the end of the 23 bank' s driveway exiting on 39th. 24 Jake Cadwallader, 3901 Silver Lake Road, recalled that 25 it had been one of the major concerns when the bank was 26 constructed that bank traffic would not go through the 27 adjoining neighbors; 28 said preventing a right hand turn out of the site 29 might direct the traffic back onto Silver Lake Road and 30 prevent the constant flow of TCF customers through the 31 residential areas to avoid the semaphore at the Silver 32 Lane and Silver Lake Road intersection. 33 Kenneth Lee said he lived .and had a lot just north of 34 the bank; 35 echoed Mrs. Thompson' s suggestion that with the in- 36 creased business and better economic outlook the time 37 might have come for TCF to expand its banking fac- 38 ilities and take care of its own traffic control which 39 can' t help but become more difficult to handle as its 40 business improves. 10