Traffic Mitigation
Isanti's rapid residential growth has caused tremendous traffic pressure. Isanti's transportation infrastructure is being pushed beyond its capacity. I am especial concerned with the increased traffic from the development east of highway 65.
The new school and the hundreds of planned new homes will make the 65 and 5 intersection more congested and dangerous. Isanti needs to ask for a school zone on highway 5 and Fairway Blvd. This intersection will be the main access point for the new Isanti school. The current 55 m/h speed limit will need to be reduced for safety.
The traffic light at 5 and 23 is scheduled to be completed before the 2006/2007 school year begins. This coupled with a school zone should help make this intersection much safer.
I encourage the whole City Council to embrace my Development Impact List, DIL. The DIL will show the true cost of the increased traffic and allow for better preventative City planning.
If the City continues to allow rapid residential growth we will have dramatic traffic problems. We must plan plan plan for the future traffic flows of Isanti.
1 comment:
Let's not let Isanti turn into the mess Cambridge has on Hwy. 95. We don't need that traffic nightmare in this town. Plan ahead, council people........think ahead before you allow hundreds of new houses on E Cty Rd 5. That school should have been built on the west side of 65. Funny how the big wigs don't think of traffic and safety issues when they make crucial decisions.
Post a Comment