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The road will now be maintained by Douglas County instead of Ida Township 3:31 pm, Apr. 21, 2021 ×
The Douglas County Courthouse in Alexandria. (Echo Press file photo)
Douglas County has added a new road to maintain – or at least a portion of a road. At its Tuesday, April 20, regular board meeting, Douglas County commissioners approved an agreement with Ida Township to transfer ownership of a portion of Pilgrim Point Road – from County Road 34 to the west – from the township to the county.
This map shows the location of the land at Pilgrim Point that Douglas County purchased and will be turning into a county park. (Forum Design Center)
Tough to fix rural road woes
ST. PAUL - It is easy to figure out what to do about a collapsed bridge - build a new one. But it is more difficult to improve the safety of the state s thousands of miles of rural roads, where more than 300 people died in vehicle crashes last year.
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EchoPress News | 12:00 am, Aug. 22, 2007
ST. PAUL - It is easy to figure out what to do about a collapsed bridge - build a new one.
But it is more difficult to improve the safety of the state s thousands of miles of rural roads, where more than 300 people died in vehicle crashes last year.