The Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition along with local legislators and elected officials celebrated the opening of the newest segment of US Highway 212 on September 6, 2022.
Thanks to the hard work and support of many advocates and leaders, progress continues to be made to expand and improve Highway 212, making it safer and more effective for freight movement.
Thanks to everyone who came out and…
US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith as well as Representative Tom Emmer and Representative Dean Phillips for their work in securing funding for US Highway 212 and Trunk Highway 5 in Carver County as part of the Omnibus FY2022 Appropriations bill.
Here is a news story on legislators key in securing tansit funds.
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_patriot/opinion/lte-legislators-key-in-securing-transit-funds/…
A newly expanded Highway 212 should stretch out to Cologne’s doorstep by the end of this summer. That could bring additional growth to the community much like it has when improvements were made to sections of the east-west thoroughfare through Chaska and Carver.
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With plans and funding in place for improvements to Highway 212 all the way out to Norwood Young America attention now turns to Highway 5, another major local transportation corridor.
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Carver County is set to start construction to expand portions of Highway 212 to four lanes.
“This is of great importance not just for Carver and McLeod County, but for all of southern Minnesota,” said David Sturrock, of the Marshall Area Transportation Group. “Highway 212 is our region’s primary connection to the Twin Cities metro area
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation is delaying the project to reconstruct U.S. Highway 212 in Renville County until 2023, by one year. The project would reconstruct the highway from Hawk Creek to Renville County Road 6. It includes rebuilding the highway through the city of Sacred Heart.
The scope of the project is changing and MnDOT is planning to add a westbound passing lane just west of Sacred Heart. MnDOT is also planning…
Motorists can get a bird’s eye view of the improvements to Highway 212 in Norwood Young America with a new video of the project released today by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Carver County and the city of Norwood Young America in lieu of an in-person opening celebration.
The video features the nearly completed Highway 212 project’s safety and accessibility improvements, biking and walking trails, a new…
Motorists can enjoy a smooth and safer ride on Highway 212 from Cologne to Norwood Young America, and bikers and walkers can enjoy the new walking trail and underpass under Highway 212 as crews complete work for 2020. Since June, crews worked to:
Following a vote by the Carver County Board of Commissioners to fully fund the expansion, Hwy 212 will be widened to four lanes. The county and the Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition have lobbied for expansion of Highway 212 westward, since the new four-lane portion of the road was completed between Eden Prairie and Carver.
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