Minnesota 60 expansion a go

By Julie Buntjer

March 17, 2008 at 12:41 PM

WORTHINGTON -- The Minnesota 60 four-lane expansion project looks like it will be a reality within the next few years.

During a meeting of the Southwest Minnesota Highway 60 Corporation on Monday, Minnesota Department of Transportation's Peter Harff announced the project is back in the forefront of District 7's construction plans.

Thanks to the legislative override on the state transportation funding package, Harff said MnDOT will spend the next six weeks to two months working on rights-of-way issues pertaining to the first phase of the project -- from the Bigelow bypass northeast to Nobles County 10. That segment of roadway is slated for expansion beginning in the spring of 2010.

The second segment to be constructed will be from Nobles County 10, west of Worthington, to County State Aid Highway 35, on the east side of the city. That project would start in 2011.

The third and final phase -- and the most challenging to work out -- will be from CSAH 35 to Interstate 90. Harff projects that segment would be constructed during the 2012-2013 construction seasons.

See Tuesday's Daily Globe for the complete story.

By Julie Buntjer

Julie Buntjer became editor of The Globe in July 2021, after working as a beat reporter at the Worthington newspaper since December 2003. She has a bachelor's degree in agriculture journalism from South Dakota State University.

Minnesota 60 expansion a go

WORTHINGTON -- The Minnesota 60 four-lane expansion project looks like it will be a reality within the next few years. During a meeting of the Southwest Minnesota Highway 60 Corporation on Monday, Minnesota Department of Transportation's Peter Ha...