From:
Sanctuary Preserve Neighborhood Residents
To:
Blaine City Council
10801 Town Square Dr. NE,
Blaine, MN 55449
RE: Closure of 114th Lane N.E.
Dear Blaine City Council Members,
The Sanctuary Preserve neighborhood residents are asking for the city council to revisit the decision to maintain the closure of 114th Lane N.E. Currently, the closure is to be maintained until 2025 in conjunction with the Lexington Ave. Corridor project. Since the closure was last discussed by the city council, additional factors have been discovered and should be heard to determine if maintaining the closure is truly sound.
- Completion of the Sanctuary Preserve Construction. The construction of the 151 households in the Sanctuary Preserve community is complete. With the completion of the development, the concern of large vehicle traffic related to the construction has been eliminated.
Of the 151 homes, more than 60 percent are households with either school age children or soon-to-be-school-age children, assigned to attend the SLP school system and that rely on safe and efficient bussing.
- Inefficient Bussing. The current bus route that includes Sanctuary Preserve must first drive down 114th Lane N.E. until it reaches the road closure, and then backtrack all the way to Lexington Ave. to reach the Sanctuary Preserve development.
With current traffic patterns, the bus route for children attending SLP schools in the neighborhood results in an extra seven minutes on the bus per school day. These seven minutes per day turn into an extra 35 minutes on the bus per week and by the end of the school year, the children have spent an extra 21 hours on the bus. See appendix material from SLP Transportation Dept.
- Infrastructure Exists and Minimal Effort to Open 114th Lane N.E. The infrastructure for this road is already in place, it is only blocked by temporary signs. The only work required to connect the neighborhoods is the removal of the signs, and then patching of the asphalt. When the asphalt was laid the city did install a stop sign at the end of 114th Lane N.E. in the Sanctuary Preserve neighborhood for traffic control and safety; therefore, no major road construction is required to make the roadway operational.
- City Growth. The City of Blaine continues to be one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the Twin Cities metro area. There are multiple commercial and residential housing developments being completed, started, and proposed along Lexington Ave., including high-density housing on the corner of 109th Ave. and Lexington Ave. The population increase along the Lexington Corridor will likely lead to increased traffic and even longer delays for this bus route.
The minimal effort that is necessary to open 114th Lane N.E. is not dependent upon the upcoming enhancements to Lexington Ave, so there is no compelling argument to link the timing of opening 114th Lane N.E. to the work on Lexington Ave.
- Sharing of Public Roadways. In addition to the increased efficiency and safety for bus routes, emergency vehicles and deliveries opening 114th Lane N.E. creates opportunities for the two neighborhoods to use the roadway for walking, biking and running, and provides the North Oak Ponds East neighborhood with direct access to the city park in Sanctuary Preserve.
We appreciate the opportunity to raise these factors to the Blaine City Council. We believe this matter should not be bundled with any decisions relating to the Lexington Ave. Corridor project, and since there are proven inefficiencies in the bussing, now is the time for the city council to revisit the decision to maintain the closure of 114th Lane N.E. Thank you for your service and dedication to the city.
Sincerely,
The Sanctuary Preserve Neighborhood Residents
10 Comments
This is not only a convenience issue, but it is a safety issue. A single incident in either subdivision can prevent all of the residents from getting in and out, and also emergency responders getting in. This was agreed to be opened previously and I believe that one of the city council members prevented it from being opened due to a personal interest and not the interest of the citizens involved in the decision.
There is no disadvantage to anyone to have the road opened. Only advantages to the kids on the school bus, delivery drivers who won't need to back-track (actually causing more traffic in their neighborhood at the moment), and allowing the folks in that neighborhood drive through the Sanctuary Preserve in order to properly cross the medium and take a proper left to head north instead of having them illegally taking a left at the medium crossing that's for the entrance of the Sanctuary. Blaine is only growing, we should connect the communities instead of blocking them off.
Ridiculous that we have to drive all the way around when the road is right there. Fix this for the kids and save everyone some gas.
I agree with all of these points and have discussed them before. Not only that, opening 114th is the right thing to do for all of our Blaine residents. We are a generous community and opening up this roadway to our neighboring development just north of us is the Blaine way of life. We don’t want to remain segregated over issues that are no longer present. Let’s do this right, let’s open it up to benefit all.
The busses take forever because of this. Plus it makes no sense to block streets in a growing town like blaine. Just open it up already.
School busing is a problem for our families with this road closed.
Please open road to 114th for public school transportation options.
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From:
Sanctuary Preserve Neighborhood Residents
To:
Blaine City Council
10801 Town Square Dr. NE,
Blaine, MN 55449
RE: Closure of 114th Lane N.E.
Dear Blaine City Council Members,
The Sanctuary Preserve neighborhood residents are asking for the city council to revisit the decision to maintain the closure of 114th Lane N.E. Currently, the closure is to be maintained until 2025 in conjunction with the Lexington Ave. Corridor project. Since the closure was last discussed by the city council, additional factors have been discovered and should be heard to determine if maintaining the closure is truly sound.
- Completion of the Sanctuary Preserve Construction. The construction of the 151 households in the Sanctuary Preserve community is complete. With the completion of the development, the concern of large vehicle traffic related to the construction has been eliminated.
Of the 151 homes, more than 60 percent are households with either school age children or soon-to-be-school-age children, assigned to attend the SLP school system and that rely on safe and efficient bussing.
- Inefficient Bussing. The current bus route that includes Sanctuary Preserve must first drive down 114th Lane N.E. until it reaches the road closure, and then backtrack all the way to Lexington Ave. to reach the Sanctuary Preserve development.
With current traffic patterns, the bus route for children attending SLP schools in the neighborhood results in an extra seven minutes on the bus per school day. These seven minutes per day turn into an extra 35 minutes on the bus per week and by the end of the school year, the children have spent an extra 21 hours on the bus. See appendix material from SLP Transportation Dept.
- Infrastructure Exists and Minimal Effort to Open 114th Lane N.E. The infrastructure for this road is already in place, it is only blocked by temporary signs. The only work required to connect the neighborhoods is the removal of the signs, and then patching of the asphalt. When the asphalt was laid the city did install a stop sign at the end of 114th Lane N.E. in the Sanctuary Preserve neighborhood for traffic control and safety; therefore, no major road construction is required to make the roadway operational.
- City Growth. The City of Blaine continues to be one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the Twin Cities metro area. There are multiple commercial and residential housing developments being completed, started, and proposed along Lexington Ave., including high-density housing on the corner of 109th Ave. and Lexington Ave. The population increase along the Lexington Corridor will likely lead to increased traffic and even longer delays for this bus route.
The minimal effort that is necessary to open 114th Lane N.E. is not dependent upon the upcoming enhancements to Lexington Ave, so there is no compelling argument to link the timing of opening 114th Lane N.E. to the work on Lexington Ave.
- Sharing of Public Roadways. In addition to the increased efficiency and safety for bus routes, emergency vehicles and deliveries opening 114th Lane N.E. creates opportunities for the two neighborhoods to use the roadway for walking, biking and running, and provides the North Oak Ponds East neighborhood with direct access to the city park in Sanctuary Preserve.
We appreciate the opportunity to raise these factors to the Blaine City Council. We believe this matter should not be bundled with any decisions relating to the Lexington Ave. Corridor project, and since there are proven inefficiencies in the bussing, now is the time for the city council to revisit the decision to maintain the closure of 114th Lane N.E. Thank you for your service and dedication to the city.
Sincerely,
The Sanctuary Preserve Neighborhood Residents
10 Comments
No neighborhood should be allowed to block road access. Terrible precedence. There is no reason to drive north across the blocked road with the only outlet to turn south on Lexington. The north neighborhood could find access to 109th eventually and to turn north on Lexington useful vs their south turn only option.
This is not only a convenience issue, but it is a safety issue. A single incident in either subdivision can prevent all of the residents from getting in and out, and also emergency responders getting in. This was agreed to be opened previously and I believe that one of the city council members prevented it from being opened due to a personal interest and not the interest of the citizens involved in the decision.
There is no disadvantage to anyone to have the road opened. Only advantages to the kids on the school bus, delivery drivers who won't need to back-track (actually causing more traffic in their neighborhood at the moment), and allowing the folks in that neighborhood drive through the Sanctuary Preserve in order to properly cross the medium and take a proper left to head north instead of having them illegally taking a left at the medium crossing that's for the entrance of the Sanctuary. Blaine is only growing, we should connect the communities instead of blocking them off.
Ridiculous that we have to drive all the way around when the road is right there. Fix this for the kids and save everyone some gas.
I agree with all of these points and have discussed them before. Not only that, opening 114th is the right thing to do for all of our Blaine residents. We are a generous community and opening up this roadway to our neighboring development just north of us is the Blaine way of life. We don’t want to remain segregated over issues that are no longer present. Let’s do this right, let’s open it up to benefit all.
The busses take forever because of this. Plus it makes no sense to block streets in a growing town like blaine. Just open it up already.
School busing is a problem for our families with this road closed.
Please open road to 114th for public school transportation options.
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No neighborhood should be allowed to block road access. Terrible precedence. There is no reason to drive north across the blocked road with the only outlet to turn south on Lexington. The north neighborhood could find access to 109th eventually and to turn north on Lexington useful vs their south turn only option.