News Release

August 31, 2000

Minor Traffic Delays

Willmar, Minn. – Improvements to Trunk Highway 30 between Lake Wilson and Slayton and Highway 267 between Iona and junction Highway 30 will begin on or after Tuesday (September 5), according to officials at the Minnesota Department of Transportation office in Marshall. Minor traffic delays are anticipated.

Plans call for a mill and overlay in the cities of Slayton and Lake Wilson and a bituminous overlay of the remainder. There will also be a curb and gutter installation in Slayton.

Highway 267 between Iona and junction Highway 30 will receive a bituminous overlay.

Motorists are advised to slow down in the project areas, follow instructions from flag personnel and to give construction crews plenty of room to work.

Weather permitting, Mn/DOT anticipates that the project will be completed by the end of October. Duininck Bros., Prinsburg, Minn., is the prime contractor for the $1,040,000 project.

Mn/DOT encourages motorists to obtain information about work zones and detours in the following ways:

• Call for statewide recorded road condition information at 800/542-0220 24-hours a day.
• Call for local recorded road condition information in the Willmar and Hutchinson area at 320/235-9230 or in the Marshall area at 507/537-6387 24-hours a day.

• Statewide road condition and other transportation related information is also available at Mn/DOT’s website www.dot.state.mn.us.

District 8 - Willmar/Marshall/Hutchinson
2505 Transportation Road
P.O. Box 768
Willmar, MN 56201
Tel: 320/231-5195
Tel: 800/657-3792

Contact:
Sandy East
Public Affairs Coordinator
320/214-3773

Paul Jurek
507/537-6146