Another roundabout is in the works. This one will be located at the intersection of County Road 45 and County Road 82 near the YMCA west of Alexandria.

Douglas County commissioners approved a design agreement with Widseth at its Tuesday, July 6, regular board meeting. Widseth is an architecture, engineering, environmental and surveying firm with an office in North Dakota and eight offices in Minnesota, including Alexandria.

Douglas County Public Works Director Tim Erickson said the design work should be done by March 2022 so that the project can be bid on in April 2022. If all goes according to plan, construction of the roundabout would begin next summer, said Erickson.

The project will be designed as a Minnesota Department of Transportation/County State Aid project and will need to be submitted to the State Geometrics Office for approval. The cost of the design work is not expected to exceed $149,400, as that is what the commissioners approved at Tuesday’s meeting.

The city of Alexandria will also be responsible for a small portion of the cost of the project as the road that leads into the YMCA, Karl Drive, is a city road, said Erickson.

The total cost of the project will be determined after the design process.

Right-of-way vacated

Douglas County commissioners approved a resolution vacating a right-of-way along County Road 11 north of Alexandria. The right-of-way is on the property at 5961 County Road 11 NW.

In 1946, County Road 11 was moved to its current location along Lake Carlos. However, prior to that it ran through the property. When the road was moved, ownership of the right-of-way did not change, which meant the county still owned it.

By vacating that section of land, it goes back to the property owners. This benefits the county as the county can now collect taxes on that piece of the property.

In other action

Here’s a look at other items approved by the county board at Tuesday’s meeting:

• Final plat of DNW Addition, a one-lot plat in Miltona Township.

• Final plat of Ida Graves, a one-lot plat in Ida Township.

• Final plat of Lynch Addition, a one-lot plat in Belle River Township.

• Final plat of Thorson Brothers Addition, a one-lot plat in Ida Township.

• Conditional use permit to James and Lois Willert to allow the conversion of an existing commercial resort to a residential planned unit development. This is in LaGrand Township.

• Preliminary plat of Val Halla Villa, an eight-lot plat in LaGrand Township. This goes along with the conditional use permit to James and Lois Willert, who own the property.

• Preliminary plat of West Thompson Addition, a one-lot plat in Holmes City Township.

• Preliminary plat of Liepold Legacy, a four-lot plat in Holmes City Township.

• Removal of building foundations at Pilgrim Point Park.