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Minnesota Department of Transportation <br /> <br />, ; <br />MetroPOlitan Division <br />Waters Edge <br />1500 West County Road B2 <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />August 5, 1996 <br /> <br />James Johnson, Project Engineer <br />Bolton & Menk Engineers & Surveyors <br />1515 East Highway 13 <br />Burnsville, MN 55337-6857 <br /> <br />Dear James Johnson: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Lord of Life Lutheran Church <br />Access to TH 47 <br />Northwest Quadrant of TH 47 and CSAH 5 (Nowthen Blvd) <br />Ramsey, Anoka County <br />CS 0206 <br /> <br />Thank you for taldn~ g the time to discuss the Lord of Life Lutheran master-planning effort with us. <br />As I have express~d~ to you, we have serious concerns regarding the church's request for direct <br />access to Trunk Highway (TH) 47. The safety of both churchgoers and the travelling public will be <br />jeopardized if the access is developed as proposed. Some modification of the request, however, <br />could mitigate much of the adverse impact on the transportation system. After careful consideration, <br />we have determin~ some conditions under which a single direct access to TH 47 may be acceptable.- <br />I will summarize these for your consideration in your on-going planning effort. <br /> <br />Left turning movements into and out of the site should make use of the existing full- <br />movement intersection at CSAH 5 and the future full intersection at Sunwood/149th. <br />Betwee~ these intersections, it w:.!l be necessary to 1;.mit movements onto and offofTH 47 <br />to right tums. <br /> <br />The church owns frontage on TH 47 at two locations, which I will refer to as the northern <br />segment and the southern segment. As I discussed in my previous letter to you, sight <br />distance at the southern segment is very poor. It would be irresponsible for us to allow <br />egress from the site at this location_ If right-out as well as right-in movements are desired, <br />the access should be located within the northern segment. <br /> <br />In general, a new entrance to the highway is most acceptable when it consolidates access <br />to multiple properties. We recommend that the master-planning effort consider <br />developtn6nt of a frontage road or other local circulation path to accommodate access to <br />the church and neighboring properties along TH 47. <br /> <br />An equal oppodunity employer <br /> <br />.-q/ <br /> <br /> <br />