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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has announced that the Kennedy Bridge in East Grand Forks will open to four lanes by the end of this week. The Kennedy Bridge has been under construction as part of a two-year reconstruction project, with traffic reduced to one lane in each direction. The temporary barrier that separates […]
Prior to the fireworks at the conclusion of Tuesday’s Ways & Means Committee that we reported on yesterday, the committee moved forward with several topics during the meeting. The first was the review of the twice-a-month recycling collection, which as previously reported showed a drastic drop-off in utilization (58 percent) between the first and second
The annual meeting between the City of Crookston and MnDOT was held Wednesday at City Hall. Topics on the agenda include U.S. Highway 2 through downtown, U.S. Highway 2 parklet limited use permit, local partnership program and upcoming projects in the region. The discussion on U.S. Highway 2 downtown built on the idea session from
Darren Laesch, planning director for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) District 2 and K.C. Atkins from Toole Design, a transportation engineering firm that MnDOT has worked within other communities, facilitated a discussion Monday night around what the future for the U.S. Highway 2 corridor downtown could look like. The discussion started with a short
The Crookston Ways and Means Committee met on Monday following the City Council meeting. The meeting consisted of approving the September 24 meeting report and the granting of two extensions for the building of two homes in the Barrette Street Estates dealing with the timeline for the completion of construction. The program used for these
In 2012 the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), the Federal Highway Administration and County Engineers developed a state-wide County Road Safety Plan (CRSP) aimed at improving safety on roadways outside the seven-county metro area. More than 90 percent of roadways in the state are managed by local, county and city agencies while prior to the
