Road Rut: Richfield's 66th Street Not Scheduled for Repairs Until 2015-16
Hennepin County transportation department director weighs in on Richfield's county roads and the difficulty in replacing them
The Penn Central of Richfield neighborhood organization was visited by Hennepin County Director and County Engineer Jim Grube Thursday morning to address repairs the county intends to make to the city's county-owned roads. While there are several roads in need of attention, Grube said one the county has designated for repair is 66th Street, which is scheduled to take place in the 2015-16 time frame. Richfield City Councilman Pat Elliott asked if the project could be pushed up and said, "I'm not sure 66th [Street] is going to survive three more years." Grube said there's a fine line the county walks once a road project is entered as a Capital Improvement Project (CIP), which takes its funding from different sources than a typical county …
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Stefanie Carano
7:05 pm on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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