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AUG 14 1985 BOOK 61 N'IGE771 <br />Vice Chairman Scurlock noted that the existing bridge is over <br />thirty years old and requires some significant maintenance; <br />actually it needs to be replaced and the drawbridge removed. <br />He continued that the consultants have not come out with a <br />recommendation, but he believed they will recommend a two lane <br />bridge between the Wabasso Bridge and the Barber Bridge. <br />Discussion ensued as to the advisability of having a two <br />lane bridge, and Public Works Director Davis informed the Board <br />that the project development and traffic generation figures only <br />warrant a two lane bridge. <br />Commissioner Bowman felt that building a two lane bridge <br />would be very shortsighted. <br />In regard to Item 3, the proposed widening of 58th Avenue at <br />SR 60, Public Works Director Davis reported that sometime ago the <br />developers of Ryanwood Shopping Center submitted a site plan, and <br />to mitigate their traffic impact on Kings Highway, they proposed <br />some deceleration lanes and left turn lanes along their frontage. <br />Their suggestions were approved by the Planning & Zoning Commis- <br />sion and site plan approval granted. Shortly after that, both <br />the developer's engineers and our staff got together, and it was <br />decided that instead of pouring $75,000 into the proposed turn <br />lanes, it would be to everyone's best interests to go ahead and <br />engineer the ultimate five laning of the section of Kings Highway <br />along their frontage, and the developers would contribute the <br />amount they would have put into construction of the left turn <br />lanes and decel lanes originally proposed to accomplish the five <br />lane section instead. That was run through the Transportation <br />Planning Committee and this Board for approval. <br />The developers of Ryanwood now have gotten to the point <br />where they want to open a few stores prior to construction of the <br />five lane section on Kings Highway, and are saying they won't use <br />the King's Highway connection until that is complete, but will <br />only use SR60. Director Davis continued that he met with utility <br />people from the City; there are conflicts to be resolved in <br />20 <br />.M M M <br />