Minot, N.D. – The driving public in Minot will be able to use a key north/south arterial road, as 16th Street SW will open to one lane of vehicle traffic in each direction later this afternoon. Wagner Construction, general contractor for the HMGP-Water Treatment Plant flood protection project, experienced a variety of setbacks in opening the road on time, and is continuing to place concrete in other sections of the road in an effort to open it completely before the end of the month. This area is not open to pedestrian traffic as sidewalks are not yet in place. “It will be good to see the road partially opened to traffic. We have been reassured by the contractor that they will be done by the
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resource Board, or SRJB, will host a series of public meetings this month to solicit public input on the scope of its U.S. Souris (Mouse) River Basin Feasibility Study. The meetings will run from 7:30-9 p.m. with an open house from 6:30-7:30 p.m. They will be held: Oct. 24 - Mowell Lansford Sherwood School (Old Gym), 101 3rd Street NW, Mohall Oct. 25 - Verendrye Electric, 615 Highway 52 W, Velva Oct. 26 - Minot Municipal Auditorium, Room 201, 420 3rd Avenue SW, Minot The feasibility study is intended to identify and evaluate flood risk management alternatives for the Souris River Basin in
