Pioneer Press Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:44:37 -0700
Opposed to loss of dozens of homes, Arden Manor residents fight proposal to upgrade intersection, roads
Legislators expecting to receive a pitch for $29 million from Arden Hills leaders also will hear a protest from some of its residents. Occupants of Arden Manor, a manufactured home park, plan to carry signs and hand out information to visiting state legislators this morning, explaining why they feel a proposal to expand U.S. 10 and County Road 96 should be reconsidered. Members of the Senate Capital Investment committee, a bipartisan delegation of more than 20 state senators and staff, will come to hear Arden Hills' $29 million request to pay for a proposed road improvement project. The plans eliminate the traffic light at the intersection of U.S. 10 and County Road 96 and call for building a U.S. 10 frontage road, looping U.S. 10 over County Road 96 and constructing a new intersection that would give access to the nearby Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant. The changes, though, could mean the loss of more than four dozen homes at Arden Manor. "You wouldn't believe the people I've seen with the tears in their eyes," said Pat McLafferty, president of the Arden Manor Resident Association. "This gilded, golden Oz that they're planning across the street does not justify getting rid of 50 houses."
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