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Restriping Highway 75 misses school start deadline

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By
Lori Sorenson

The paving on Highway 75 in Luverne is wrapping up this week and the detour removed as the project nears completion.
After a stretch of rainy days last week, however, road resurfacing did not get done in time to get the lanes restriped from four lanes to three before school started Monday.
The lane project is part of an ongoing effort to improve pedestrian safety in front of the school campus.
Officials from Luverne schools, Rock County and the city of Luverne worked with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to arrange for two rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) for safe year-round crossing of Highway 75.
RRFBs will be installed on the south side intersection of Dodge Street and the north side intersection of Barck Street. The motion-sensitive beacons only flash to slow or stop traffic when a pedestrian is waiting to cross the highway.
As part of the agreement with MnDOT, all other signage including the 25-mile-per-hour speed limit will be removed when the lights go up later this fall.
The speed limit will be reposted at 30 mph.
The $2.7 million highway improvement project includes:
•Resurfacing (mill and overlay) from I-90 to Main Street
•Seal coating from Main Street to north city limits
•Replacing a box culvert between Harrison Street and Edgehill Street (detoured area)
•Water main work north of Harrison Street to Main Street.
•Sidewalk improvements for accessibility
•Revised signal at Main Street
•Restriping from four lanes to three lanes (one lane each way with center lane for left turns)
The project is a partnership between the city of Luverne and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.  Duininck Incorporated of Prinsburg was awarded the contract.

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