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FEB 161989 <br />BOOK /6 <br />nice path all the way through Indian River Shores which termi- <br />nates at the City limits. The City had a rather detailed traffic <br />study done and concluded that from East Causeway Boulevard south <br />to Sea Gull Drive, a full 5 -lane section is needed, and from Sea <br />Gull Drive down to the south City limits, the 5 lanes would go <br />down to 3 lanes and then slowly taper down to 2 lanes, which <br />would go on past Castaway Cove to the south City limits. Mr. <br />Little believed the highest accident count was at the intersec- <br />tion of Sea Gull and A -1-A where you have the traffic from <br />Charlie Brown's and the 711 convenience store. He noted that <br />very high quality growth is occurring in all the subdivisions <br />down to the county line, and even though they are very low <br />density, it all involves traffic. <br />Mr. Little continued that there was a serious traffic <br />problem between East Causeway Boulevard and Beachland Boulevard <br />with high accident rates at the entrance to Riomar Bay I and the <br />entrances to Holy Cross and the Riomar Bay Yacht Club. From <br />there north, there is routinely heavy traffic going to all the <br />streets which go to the Beach business district and also to the <br />Community Park by the river. It is proposed to have 5 lanes from <br />the Causeway intersection to a point just north of Tulip Lane <br />just to get the number of lanes you need at the traffic light. <br />That section will be tapering into 2 lanes in the area between <br />Riomar Bay 1 and II and the golf course, and then increasing to 3 <br />lanes when you get to the Bay Point, Holy Cross and Yacht Club <br />area. They feel from Iris Lane north to Beachland Boulevard, <br />with adequate turn movements, we can get by with 3 lanes until <br />approximately the year 2000. <br />Mr. Little advised that north of Beachland Boulevard where <br />the road is already 3 laned, they are proposing to put in a bike <br />trail to connect to the one at Indian River Shores, and they want <br />to accelerate that project. Mr. Little did not believe we can <br />wait for the DOT to do A -1-A; so, the City would like to go with <br />the 80/20 program (80% local funds and 20% DOT funds), and they <br />2 <br />