COLERAINE — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host an open house on Highway 169 road safety improvements Thursday, Sept. 11.
The event begins at 5 p.m. at the Nyberg Community Center at Coleraine City Hall. A short presentation starts at 5:15 p.m. and will cover the Highway 169 safety audit.
State staff will be available to hear feedback and answer questions.
MnDOT is looking at the four-lane stretches of the highway from LaPrairie to Scenic 7 and from Pengilly to Keewatin.
The primary goal of the safety audit is to identify safety issues and propose short-, medium- and long-term strategies to address them.
"A road safety audit studies planned or existing roadways, reviews crash history, traffic data, prior plans and recommendations, and existing conditions," MnDOT's website explains. " ... We have put together a specialized team of independent, multidisciplinary experts to review the safety and operations of Highway 169."
Additional information and an opportunity to share feedback are available on MnDOT's website.
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