Mike Christopherson
Members of the Crookston City Council, after discussing the matter at a strategic planning session Wednesday evening, appear to be leaning toward participating in a year-long downtown U.S. Highway 2 traffic corridor study that’s a required component leading up to a proposed replacement of the brick-paver sidewalks in 2024 that would make them compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Not only that, council members seem to favor including South Broadway and South Main in the study along with the various side-streets connecting Main and Broadway downtown, even if it means the City is going to have to kick in some money in addition to the $100,000 the Minnesota Department of Transportation has in its budget for the City to hire a consultant to conduct it. (Anything south of Robert Street downtown is not considered part of the U.S. Highway 2 corridor, nor are any downtown side streets.)