BECIDA — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host an open house at the Itasca State Park Visitor’s Center on Thursday, May 22, for an informational meeting about planned construction on Highway 200.
Beginning July 8, crews will resurface Highway 200 from Clearwater County Road 2 to Highway 71 near Itasca State Park. Through traffic will be detoured onto Hubbard County Roads 3 and 9 as well as Clearwater County Roads 2, 40 and 37.
The north and east entrances of the park will remain open throughout construction, which is expected to end in late August.
The meeting at the Visitors Center will be 4-6 p.m. with no formal presentation planned.
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