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Crookston officials seek $2.7 million in trunk highway funding to finish Highway 2 corridor project
Summary
City officials told the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee that cost increases and utility relocations raised Crookston’s Highway 2 corridor project estimate and left a local shortfall. The author asked the committee to lay House File 1801 over for possible inclusion.
Representative Cagle introduced House File 1801 on behalf of the City of Crookston and moved that the bill be laid over for possible inclusion. The bill requests $2,700,000 in trunk-highway funds to complete the Highway 2 corridor reconstruction through downtown Crookston.
Carrie Kirschbaum, Crookston’s community development director, and council member Christie Jertie described safety and economic reasons for the project. Jertie said the corridor runs through the downtown, is heavily used by commercial trucks, and has had multiple pedestrian incidents — one fatality and other serious crashes: “This is a place that…
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