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County, city and MnDOT outline safety upgrades at County Road 50 and Trunk Highway 61; roundabout favored, $2.6 million in grants secured
Summary
Ryan Haves, Washington County project manager, briefed the Forest Lake City Council on proposed safety improvements at the County Road 50 and Trunk Highway 61 intersection, noting two construction grants totaling just over $2.6 million and presenting two build alternatives: a signal and a single‑lane roundabout.
Ryan Haves, Washington County project manager, briefed the Forest Lake City Council on proposed safety improvements at the intersection of County Road 50 and Trunk Highway 61, saying the project is intended to reduce crash frequency and improve multimodal access.
Haves said the county has secured two construction grants for the project — “a regional solicitation grant for just over $1,600,000, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation local partnership program grant for another million dollars,” totaling just over $2,600,000. He described two design alternatives that were modeled in the traffic study: a signalized intersection and a single‑lane roundabout, and noted a three‑leg configuration would also function if the west leg is removed.
“Both the…
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