Roseville Residents Raise Traffic Concerns

Redevelopment and expansion of Presbyterian Homes & Services’ campus on Lake Johanna in Arden Hills is generating concerns about increased traffic from Roseville residents.

Several residents of Shorewood Lane testified before the City Council at its last meeting about increased safety concerns, particularly increased traffic on Shorewood Lane and Wheeler Street in Roseville.

John Dell, who lives on Shorewood Lane, said the residential area is an appealing short-cut to County Road D for drivers in the area. Dell said increased traffic during a large construction project concerns him because he has noticed a “tremendous increase” in the number of families with strollers walking along Shorewood Lane. There are no sidewalks along the street.

Currently, a new city traffic study is looking into permanently closing Wheeler Street at County Road D because of residents’ concerns about cut-through traffic by speeding drivers.  The City Council is studying the proposal. 

The traffic study comes in the wake of a Presbyterian Homes official acknowledging last November to the Roseville Council that the senior residential campus developer had been “short-sighted” by not providing notice to Roseville residents about the potential for seeing more traffic from a redevelopment and expansion, according to city documents.  

According to its Web site, Presbyterian Homes & Services said it expects the development of the Arden Hills campus to begin this summer. Resident meetings are scheduled before then to share details about the new development.

Presbyterian Homes’ first construction phase will include 54 senior apartments, 72 assisted living apartments and 36 memory care suites. Once the new building is occupied, all buildings except the McKnight Care Center will be demolished, Presbyterian Homes said.