Construction scheduled for 2015

Location

• Highway 10 and Highway 59 western frontage road system in Detroit Lakes

 

Schedule

• 2015 construction season

 

Layout

• Updated Preliminary Layout (Dec. 2012)

 

Benefits

• Accessibility from downtown Detroit Lakes to the western retail area
• Safety considerations
  • Access consolidation based on traffic volumes and destinations
  • Bicycle and pedestrian accomodations on frontage road system

 

Revised layout released

Project engineers released a revised design layout in Dec. 2012.

 

Public meeting held June 28

A public meeting was held on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at Minnesota State Community & Technical College. Preliminary design concepts were presented by project representatives. This was the first of three planned public meetings regarding this project.

 

Traffic Impacts

Long-term impacts

The project addresses accessibility and safety concerns on and along Highway 10 west of Highway 59 and on Highway 59 south of Highway 10. As the west side of Detroit Lakes continues to develop, expanding and improving the existing frontage road system is needed.

 

It is based on a transportation study completed in 2011 by MnDOT, Becker County and the city of Detroit Lakes, in which several concepts for improved traffic flow were developed. Although it is still in the very preliminary stages of design, this project is a combination of reconstructing and expanding the existing frontage road systems, managing access points and constructing an underpass below Highway 59 at Main Street and Morrow Avenue. The project will involve MnDOT and the city of Detroit Lakes.

 

During construction

Motorists will encounter lane closures on Highway 10 and possibly road closures on city streets and the frontage road.