Highway 61 redevelopment
Letter: Three lanes, one wise investment
Mar 29, 2017
To the editor:
My wife and I own both residential and commercial property in Lake City. Having spent the last 40 years helping to lead a company that engaged change, I fully understand that change can be difficult to accept at times. Without change though, we would not have become the leader/...
Letter: Three-lane idea is scary, insane
Mar 22, 2017
To the editor:
Citizens of Lake City beware, there is a monster lurking around us. The monster is the idea of reducing our four-lane highway to a 1920s two-lane Model T road with a center turn lane at a cost to Lake City residents of about $2 million.
Yes, that’s $2 million. With about 2,500...
Hwy. 61 financing meeting is April 3
Mar 16, 2017
Aside from three speakers who addressed the City Council during the public forum, discussion about the fate of the four-lane segment of Highway 61 in Lake City was minimal during the council’s regular meeting March 13.
The council did, however, schedule a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday,...
City Council gives Highway 61 plans a close look
Mar 9, 2017
City Council members went in-depth on just about everything but the money as it relates to the two options for the future of Highway 61 in the city.
The Monday-night workshop meeting compared the safety, durability, traffic volume, aesthetics of the highway’s current four-lane configuration with...
Letter: With Hwy. 61 decision looming, is council member in too deep?
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor,
Monday night’s council workshop involving Highway 61 was interesting and continues to better identify the pros and cons of either maintaining the four lanes or converting to three lanes.
One of the more interesting aspects actually occurred after the meeting, when I bumped into the...
Letter: Three-lane proposal is 'extraordinary stewardship'
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor:
Over the past month several of the council members have asked for my opinion on the conversion of Highway 61 from four lanes to three. One year ago I had no opinion on the matter but after much contemplation and study, I have arrived at the following conclusions.
By a fluke of...
Letter: Place-making can set Lake City apart
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor:
Everyone in Lake City knows at some level that place making is important to our community – you just may not know that term.
Think of the former Big Bear property on Lakeshore Drive. Nobody thinks that the way that property looks is good for our community.
When we find a great...
Council Highway 61 work session is Monday
Mar 3, 2017
A council work session on the plan to reconfigure Highway 61 through Lake City will cover safety, aesthetics, traffic volume, and pavement lifespan, according to an agenda posted on the city website Thursday.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will present a crash history of Highway...
Letter: City crews restored streets, power in no time
Mar 2, 2017
To the editor:
Thank you to the Lake City Street Department and crew for the great job they did on the cleaning and removing the snow from our streets in last Friday’s snow storm. It was the most snowfall in one storm in over 20 years. Our streets were clean and safe and in no time they had the...
Letter: Seize the opportunity to reshape Lake City's future
Mar 2, 2017
To the editor:
Every fifty years or so a really important matter comes up in almost every community. Lake City is at that crossroads, and since I’m on the subject of roads, I’d like to talk about the highway that runs through our fine city.
It’s very important that Lake City gets it right...
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