News Release

(Roseville, Minn.) — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close one westbound lane and one eastbound lane of I-94 during off-peak hours beginning Monday, August 16 from Weaver Lake Road to the Crow River in Rogers. Two lanes will remain open in each direction. The westbound lane will be closed from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily and the eastbound lane will be closed from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

The lane closures are necessary while construction crews install cable median barrier. Cable median barrier, a flexible, high strength cable, “catches” vehicles in the median and helps prevent crashes caused when vehicles cross through the median into lanes of traffic on the other side of the median.

A cluster of recent cross-median crashes have occurred on this stretch of I-94 prompting the department to install the protective cable median barrier in this area.

The project, one of seven major safety and preservation projects selected under the Pawlenty -Molnau Transportation Package, is expected to be completed in October 2004.

Traveler information, including incident reports, is available by calling 511 or logging on to www.511mn.org. Know the Road. Dial up or log on.

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