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Goodhue County staff recommends turning back County Road 50 to Mineola Township, township signals tentative compromise
Summary
County public works presented a plan to turn back County Road 50 to Mineola Township, citing low post‑construction traffic and proposing reconstruction that would enable a two‑year maintenance period; Mineola chair Riley Booncek said the township has reached a tentative compromise though some residents remain opposed.
Goodhue County public works staff on Tuesday reviewed a proposal to turn back County Road 50 to Mineola Township, saying the road has been severed from Trunk Highway 52 by a MnDOT project and that recent traffic counts and pavement condition support transfer of ownership.
An unnamed county public works presenter told the board the road was originally graded in the 1920s, repaved at various times (including west side paving in 1975 and east side in 1985) and that current pavement on parts of the route now exceeds typical life expectancy. Staff said the existing typical section is about 6 inches of bituminous asphalt over 12 inches of class 5 aggregate and proposed reconstruction would add 6 inches of aggregate over 6 inches of reclaimed bituminous, yielding roughly 24 inches of granular equivalency to strengthen the…
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