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��V ('26 1991 MOO 84 NAgGE�35 eastern section. As you go west, the count drops about 2,000 cars a day until you get to Roseland Road. Regarding the issue of cost, Director Davis reported that for the approximate 2# mile western section from Roseland Road to the Elementary School, the cost is estimated at 1.9 million. For the eastern 3,800' section, the twin pairs cost would be $778,000 and to widen the existing road is projected at about 1.5 million. He pointed out that cost for widening does not include any severance damages with abutting properties, and so you do not actually know what you are into until you work with each parcel on a case to case basis. The cost of doing the improvement from Roseland Road to the Elementary School plus the cost to widen the existing eastern section of 512 would add up to about 3.4 million, and we only have funding available of about 2.5 million. We also found that elevating the railroad over the roadway would cost about 7 million and to raise the road over the railroad and cloverleaf around would be about 20 million due to the elevation you would have'to achieve to get over the railroad and U.S.I. Director Davis next addressed impacts to the surrounding areas and fronting properties, noting that we do not want to take buildings or disrupt frontage on the roadway if we can avoid it. He pointed out that there is also an impact that results from stormwater management because we must treat the stormwater coming off the road before it reaches the river. We would have to go to curb and gutter to minimize impacts, and then would have to pick up the stormwater and channel it to where you could treat it. Director Davis agreed there is some disadvantage to splitting the roadway in that it changes the traffic pattern, but staff feels the advantages to the capacity expansion we would achieve with one-way roads would offset much of the impact to the surrounding areas. The fourth issue is design constraints. The F.E.C. Railroad is a design constraint, and we do feel there needs to be a man- agement plan developed for the whole county relevant to dealing with this. The railroad has included in their 5 -year plan a• study of the railroad and U.S.I., and they will look at the whole county and hopefully do some planning for the future to lessen the impact of the railroad being so close to the roadway. We must take stormwater management into consideration when designing the roadway, and some of the property depth along the roadway is very shallow which might necessitate taking the whole property. Maintenance of traffic is another very important consideration. Director Davis concluded by saying that staff in looking at these four issues is still of the opinion that the twin pair alignment is a preferable option. 4