Roads

On the morning after the Alexandria City Council supported a new idea to pay for street projects, the Douglas County Board also talked about the need for more transportation funding. The board approved a resolution that encourages the Legislature to enact a law that brings adequate...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol opened three roadways in west central Minnesota at 5 p.m. The highways include: --Interstate 94 between Moorhead and Alexandria --Highway 10 between Moorhead and Audubon --Highway 210 between Breckenridge...

Minnesota State Troopers kept busy over the weekend in cetral, west central and northwest regions with slippery road conditions. Troopers responded to 60 crashes, according to Jesse Grabow, public information trooper for the Douglas County region. Fifteen of those were rollovers,...

A blast of winter weather is making for difficult travel conditions across west central Minnesota tonight. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), driving conditions are difficult on Interstate-94 and state highways between Moorhead and Melrose. As of 6...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Transportation has won an award for its Better Roads for a Better Minnesota infrastructure improvement program from the International Road Federation. MnDOT will receive the award in January 2013 at the Annual IRF Awards Luncheon in Washington,...

The Minnesota Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan 2012-2031, a policy framework for maintaining and building Minnesota's transportation system during the next 20 years, has been finalized and is available online, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The...

A bridge replacement project on Douglas County Road 111 (Geneva Road) will begin Tuesday, October 23 and should be completed within a week. Landwehr Construction of St. Cloud is the contractor on the $228,000 project. County Road 111 will be closed at the bridge located at the Geneva/L'Homme...

Motorists on Interstate 94 will experience lane closures and a detour at the Brandon exit (mile marker 90) starting today, Monday, Oct. 8, while crews replace a culvert. The work will take approximately 10 days to complete. Monday, Oct. 8: · Traffic on I-94 will be...

Motorists in west central Minnesota, including the Brandon area, will experience delays, detours and lane closures on several highways beginning today, October 2, as crews begin culvert repair and replacement projects. The affected locations include Interstate 94 eastbound at...

Motorists on Highway 10 and Interstate 94 may encounter lane closures at several bridges through late August.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation asks motorists to use caution on Interstate 94 eastbound west of Alexandria. Heat has caused the pavement to heave in three different places between Douglas County Road 8 and the Lake Latoka rest area. MnDOT crews are fixing the heaves...

Motorists on Highway 29 between Starbuck and Benson will experience delays when a road resurfacing project and detour begin May 29. Traffic will use a detour on Highway 28, Stevens County Road 1 and Highway 9 through late June while crews replace several culverts and repair frost...