Nationally known leader in road safety retires from Otter Tail County
Rick West is credited with saving scores of lives through road safety measures and has been a leader among Minnesota engineers. 5:17 pm, May 25, 2021 ×
Rick West
Otter Tail County commissioners and staff paid a heartfelt tribute to retiring Public Works Director Rick West, who has received national recognition for his work making roads safer.
West was hired as county engineer for Otter Tail County in 1990 and became public works director in 2012. What a blessing that has been for our county and for all of our residents, visitors, tourists, not just state, but nationwide, said County Administrator Nicole Hanson during the Tuesday, May 25, county commissioner meeting.
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.