I just went over to the Coon Rapids City Center to hear about the plans to widen Highway 242, now known as County 14 and Main Street. The road will be upgraded to 4 lanes from Coon Creek to Crane Street, which is just past Hanson. The construction will start in 2010 and likely close down the road from Hanson to Shenandoah Blvd to clear out the peat bog or build a land bridge. The county engineer said there is around 5 feet of tar from all of the fill down over the years in the area by the sod fields.

This project will be the first of many segments to turn county 14 into a 4 lane highway from 10 to 35W. Of course this will go as fast as funding comes through. The state has turn back funding available to help as part of giving the highway back to the county last year. Very little land acquisition is needed as the county has a wide right of way along the higway. They also plan to build a bike trail along this section of the road.

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