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II , ",. '" I RESOLUTION NO. 2170 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNT1 OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CITY CONCERN WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ROADWAY CAPACITY OF SILVER LAKE ROAD BRIDGE CROSSING 1-694 I WHEREAS the Silver Lake Road Highway Bridge crossing 1-694 has sidewalks abutting the driving surface to facilitate pedestrian traffic, and WHEREAS City sidewalks exist on the east side of Silver Lake Road both north and south of 1-694 which are extensively used, and I, WHEREAS during the winter months snow from the driving lanes is deposited on the pedestrian walking area of the bridge for extended periods of time causing extreme danger to citizens and to school children who must traverse this walkway twice daily to and from school, often when the snow is piled so high that a slip could mean sliding onto the driving surface of Silver Lake Road or worse yet over the guard rail and down onto 1-694, and WHEREAS high traffic volume and projected severe congestion on Silver Lake Road indicates the need for additional bridge roadway capacity, and WHEREAS Silver Lake Road is a Ramsey County Road and the Silver Lake Road bridge is a State-owned facility NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOVLED by the Council of the City of New Brighton, That Ramsey County and the State of Minnesota be and are hereby requested to investigate any possible means available to improve the safety of the pedestrianway on the bridge crossing 1-694 at Silver Lake Road and also the need for I additional roadway capacity at this bridge location. II BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Clerk be and is I hereby instructed to forward copies of this resolution to the appropriate County and State officials. I Adopted this 27th day of February, 1979. I I II ATTEST: J qtt)e s II .~/ II I, i I ~~ I' Ii Vernon C. Pederson, II II Iii II (SEAL) II I II I I I II II I II j