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County officials push NDDOT to restore Highway 2 interchange project, favor roundabout for near-term fix
Summary
Grand Forks County officials said a proposed Highway 2/County Road 5 (Airport Road) interchange was removed from the NDDOT transportation improvement program; commissioners and staff said they prefer a roundabout as a faster, less costly near-term solution and will seek meetings and a joint letter to the NDDOT.
Grand Forks County commissioners and county staff said they recently learned a planned Highway 2/County Road 5 (Airport Road) interchange was removed from the state’s transportation improvement program and returned to the planning stage, and they plan to press the North Dakota Department of Transportation to restore or accelerate the project.
County staff said they were told the interchange is no longer listed as a construction item in the TIP and that the project is back in planning. County staff and several commissioners told the commission they believe a roundabout is a more achievable near-term solution and urged meetings with the NDDOT and its…
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