The Madison Police Department was given the go-ahead by city commissioners to apply for a grant that asks for $7,050 in federal money to help pay for the enforcement of speed zones in the city.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is accepting applications for grants from the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program. The city police department has proposed matching $7,050 in federal money with a local match of $1,762.
Operated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) provides federal aid for efforts to significantly reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including roads not owned by the states and roads on tribal land. The HSIP requires data-driven efforts to improve highway safety on all public roads, and the federal program also focuses on performance.
Project to brighten intersections comes to area counties
Most of the work will take place along the shoulder of the highways, but motorists should be prepared for traffic changes in the areas where crews are working, including potential short-term lane shifts or lane closures, according to MnDOT. Otter Tail and Becker counties are included in the project.
Written By:
News staff | ×
Starting this week, May 3, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin a districtwide project to improve lighting at 14 intersections across west central Minnesota, including Otter Tail and Becker counties.
The locations are:
Highway 10 at County Road 10 near Frazee
Highway 12 at Highway 119/County Road 5 north of Appleton
These projects aim to “increase safety and traffic flow,” including the widening of Route 24 from Mulberry Knoll Road to Route 1, McLeod said. That project is expected to be completed in 2022.
Resident Scott McClintock has lived off Mulberry Knoll Road at least part-time for about 30 years, and he said it sometimes takes him 10 minutes to pull onto Route 24 from his neighborhood because of the traffic.
McClintock agreed that these ongoing construction projects will likely improve safety, but his biggest concern is the number of houses popping up in the area.
“It’s not what it used to be,” he said. It’s becoming like Philadelphia with all the traffic.”
Project to brighten two intersections on Highway 27 near Alexandria, Hoffman
Most of the work will take place along the shoulder of the highways, but motorists should be prepared for traffic changes in the areas where crews are working, including potential short-term lane shifts or lane closures, according to MnDOT. 12:42 pm, May 3, 2021
Starting this week, May 3, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin a districtwide project to improve lighting at 14 intersections across west central Minnesota, including two in Douglas County.
The locations are:
Highway 27 at Highway 55 near Hoffman
Highway 10 at East Shore Drive near Detroit Lakes
Highway 10 at County Road 10 near Frazee