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Lake Elmo reviews MnDOT ‘Option 3’ for Highway 36/Keats intersection; city may pay for turn-lane work or redesign if access closes
Summary
Council heard a staff presentation on MnDOT’s Option 3 concept for Highway 36 at Keats Avenue — keeping a right-turn movement and implementing collaborative performance monitoring. Staff warned MnDOT reserves the right to close access later and the city could be responsible for redesign or turn-lane widening costs; council asked for more safeguards and staff will return a municipal-consent resolution next week.
City staff and project consultant Jack Griffin returned to the council Dec. 9 to present ‘Option 3’ for the Trunk Highway 36 / Lake Elmo Avenue project, an alternative meant to preserve a single turning movement from eastbound Highway 36 to southbound Keats Avenue while allowing MnDOT to monitor performance and safety.
Griffin said MnDOT provided additional funds to extend the south frontage road but proposed this Option 3 to stay within an existing right-of-way footprint and to avoid delaying a…
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