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was passed at that time basically approving the Keith & Schnars Study. - Director Davis then reviewed the original plan which was to begin widening CR512 just west of Roseland Road. At that point, the 2 -lane road would transition into a 4 -lane divided highway with a 40' grass median. It would continue that way about 3 miles to the point.where the railroad R/W and the existing R/W split. There is about 3,800' of roadway where the railroad R/W splits off. At that point the original plan was to split the roadways with the eastbound traffic taking the alignment of the existing road and the westbound traffic would utilize the rail- road R/W. Considerable time was spent working with the F.E.C. negotiating for a new crossing, and a stipulation of parties now has been drafted to allow the County to have a new railroad crossing at the Gulf 8 Western railroad R/W. At the same time the railroad agreed to that, there was more discussion about the roadway; other alternatives were presented; and a desire was ,evidenced to grade separate the railroad from the road. Meetings about this went on all year, and recently the discussion culminated in a meeting in September where the City Council passed 3 Motions: one, that the one-way twin pairs alignment was not an acceptable alternative to the City; second that the construction of the 4-laning of the western part of CR512 should begin as soon as possible; and, third, that further discussion regarding the F.E.C. R/W and a possible grade separation be tabled until we resolved the alignment on the east 3,8001. Director Davis stated that it is staff's opinion that if we deviate from that original plan, there are four key issues that need to be addressed. Those issues are capacity - cost - impacts to surrounding areas - and design constraints. In regard to capacity, Director Davis advised that we are getting to the point where CR512 is reaching capacities of 10,000 vehicles per day. The eastern section of the roadway will be at Level "D" within 4/5 years, and he felt we should focus the initial improvements on the eastern section because of traffic counts and the higher accident history. He further advised that in recent communica- tions with the DOT, we have asked them to look at this and say what the DOT will support in terms of capacity analysis at the intersections. The DOT indicated they would support either the twin pairs alignment or widening the existing roadway. We also asked their feelings on two 2 -way roads, and they stated that would not be a preference due to the multi -phase signals within 900' of each other that would be required on U.S.I. Director Davis stressed that the capacity issues are paramount in the 3 V 2 6 1991