Letter from L Freese 1-31-05
02/01/05 14:43 FAX 9522271110 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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Minnesota Oepartment of Transportation
Metropolita!,\ Division
Wa.ters Edge
1500 West County Road B2
Roseville, MN 55113
January 31. 2005.
Paul Oehme
City Engineer at" Chanhassen
7700 Market Boulcvard
Chanhassen, MN 55317
SUBJECT: Y oberry P~rm. ILC
Mn/DOT Review P04-122
Chanhassen, Carver County
Control Section 1008
Dear Paul:
As per the request from your office, MnlDOT has reviewed the request for an additional city
street aCCèS$ to TH 41 foT. the above referenced proposed development. As we ùl'I.derstand.
the ptoposed access would be between Long Acres Drive and Lake Lucy Road.
TH 41 in Carver County is classified as an A minor arterial on the regional transportation
system. This, in conjunction with lack of other north south artelial roadways ¡·n this part. of
the metro a:rea.. necessitate that MnlDOT manage access:to this facility in a very conservative
manner. Currently this two-lane rura] design highway facility cares nearly 15,000 trips per
day. In order to ensure safe access points for lócal collector roadways and balance the
operation needs of the highwa.y, it is important to keep spacing at Y2 mile or greater for local
road connections on these types of facilities.
With that sa.1d. we have reviewed the desire to have an additional access and found that this
vicinity of Chanhassen is already served by. two collector level streets at a distance of
appro.ximately 0.7 miles apart. Additionally, the two collectors that already exist at Long
Acres Drive and Lake Lucy Road have turn lanes on TH 41 to assist traffic in making safer
turns. A new street between Long Acres Dlive and Like Lucy Road would be required to
have a minimum spacing of 0.5 mile to the next adjacent access to TH 41.
The location of the Yoberry Fa:rms development .is already served by two collector level
streets with access to TH 41 in a very short distance, thus a new access in this vicinity is not
wacranted.
If you have any further questjons conœurit'\g this matter, please contact:me at (651) 582-
1409.
Sincerely,
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Lisa J. Freese
Metro DistI'Ïct South Area Manager
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