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- Diane Beck
320-214-6421
Minnesota Department of
Transportation
District 8
2505 Transportation Road
Willmar, MN 56201
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Highway 12 concrete rehabilitation project in Willmar begins June 3; traffic will be detoured
WILLMAR, Minn. - A concrete rehabilitation project on Highway 12 in Willmar is scheduled to begin Wednesday, June 3, from the railroad bridge overpass near 11th Street Southwest to 7th Street, and on Dolson Street to 6th Street Southeast.
Eastbound Highway 12 traffic will be detoured south on Kandiyohi County Road 5, east on Highway 23, and north on the Highway 23/71 bypass to Highway 12.
The Willmar project is part of a district-wide plan to rehabilitate the current concrete surface and extend the life of the roadway. Crews will remove and replace aged joint sealer and remove and replace the deteriorating concrete panels.
Forby Contracting, Inc. was awarded the project with a bid of $712,000. The Highway 12 project is scheduled to be complete by mid-June, weather permitting.
For more information on the project, contact Nathan Pederson Mn/DOT project manager, at 320-214-6351, or Jim Christensen, project supervisor, at 320-214-6316.
Mn/DOT urges motorists to plan ahead, watch for detour signs, and be alert for workers in the work zone. For updated
statewide traffic, construction, weather and travel information, visit www.511.mn.org, call 5-1-1 or log on to www.mn.dot.gov.
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