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- Diane Beck
320-214-6421
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District 8
2505 Transportation Road
Willmar, MN 56201
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Traffic switch planned on Business 71 north of Willmar Oct. 20
Kandiyohi County Road 24 and 23rd Street NE will be detoured
WILLMAR, Minn. — Motorists traveling on Business 71 north of Willmar will encounter a traffic switch Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Southbound and northbound Business 71 traffic will be diverted from the right lane to the left lane of the four-lane road, as crews continue a safety improvement project at the intersection of Kandiyohi County Road 24 and 23rd Street.
Kandiyohi County Road 24 traffic will be detoured west on Kandiyohi County Road 25, then south on Kandiyohi County Road 41 to Kandiyohi County Road 24. Traffic to 23rd Street NE will be detoured east on Civic Center Drive.
The new intersection design will improve safety by reducing the number of injury crashes by approximately 80 percent.
When the new intersection is complete:
- Northbound and southbound Business 71 traffic will have direct access to 23rd Street and Kandiyohi County Road 24.
- Access to Business 71 from Kandiyohi County Road 24 and 23rd Street will be limited to right turns only.
- Kandiyohi County Road 24 traffic will access 23rd Street using a new U-turn located in the median of Business 71 near Civic Center Drive.
- Signing will direct westbound 23rd Street traffic to Business 71 and Kandiyohi County Road 24 (see diagram).
The project is expected to be completed by Nov. 12, weather permitting.
For statewide travel information visit www.511mn.org, call 5-1-1 or log on to www.mndot.gov.
