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• -14- Surveys of the road systems in that area showed the following: * traffic volumes on Highway 8 had -only increased about 800 cars a day between 1962 and 1984 when the road became Highway 88. * even traffic increases on connecting freeways were not expected to cause much damage in these numbers. * traffic counts on the Lowry/Kenzie Terrace connection with Stinson Boulevard had been pretty stable, actually decreasing from 10,000 cars a day in 1976 to 8,000 in 1984 . * Kenzie Terrace is a commercial street with the highest traffic count in the late afternoon. * most of the traffic is local to the businesses in the area and not through traffic like Silver Lake Road and Stinson. * because the traffic is spread out so evenly over the day, the engineer said Kenzie Terrace had a capacity for carrying up to 15,000 cars a day without widening the roadway. * the addition of 300 housing units would not change these • projections. * average speeds of 33 m.p.h. were not fast enough to warrant Hennepin County paying for a traffic light in front of the Kenzington. Based on what these studies told him and his own close observance of traffic patterns in the area, Mr. Van Worme presented the pro' s and con' s of a number of alternatives he thought St. Anthony should pursue before any beautification program is begun. The engineer' s final recommendations were: * to- retain the medians which are good methods of channelizing traffic. * try to get the business owners to realign their driveways with the medians. * let the developers of the medical building know in advance Aust how the City wants the -traffic on their property circu- lated. Mr. Childs ' reaction: * perceived the City had one of the most cooperative group of 40 property owners to work with.