HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 773 - MSHD Install Signals at Hwy 5 & Mitchell Road and Construct Turning and By-Pass Lanes - 09/25/1973 VII.:i.AGi OF 1RN PRAIRIE
I11-NNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 773
A RESOLUTION ADDRESSED TO STATE OF MINNESOTA
REQUESTING SIGNALIZING TI-IE IN'I'ERSEC'I-ION OF
MITC1I13LL ROAD and STATE; HIGHWAY t'5 .11`; THE'
VILLAGE OF EDE PRAIRIE, :vANNE
NSOTA
NNN I EREAS, traffic volume on 7- .H . #5 has increased because of the
completion of new U.S. 1'212-•'=169 from Crosstown ==62 to T.H. 15, and
W11EREAS, a safety hazard is created by school buttes turning- onto T.1- . "15,
and
'v%1H1 REAS, the travelins; public cannot safely turn off of., on to, or cross
'1'. II. :;=5 west of I-494 to the westerly Village limits, and
bVHEREAS, ei-ner.gency vehicles located at the Public Safety Center-Fire
Station on the southeast corner of T.H. #5 and Mitchell Road are not able to safely
enter onto and to cross T.H. #5, and
WHEREAS, major employers located on T.H . -475 are concerned about the
safety of their employees and have petitioned the Village Council for correction action,
THEREFORE, r3F, IT RESOLVED that the Minnesota State Highway Department
be hereby .requested to upgrade T.H. 115 through the Village of Eden Prairie by: installing
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by-passes at all left turn intersections, constructing turning lanes at all right turn
intersections and lowering the existing speed limit from said intersection west to
County Road '-`4.
ADOPTED by the Village Council on September 25, 1973. �!
Paul R . Redpatli, Mayor
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JoY%ii D. Frane, C,1erk