Farm work during Hwy. 7 project is local traffic

Farm work continues during the Highway 7 project, and this subject came up during Wednesday’s Highway 7 update meeting at the Hollywood Ranch House. Bob Sherman, who farms land within the Highway 7 project area, attended the meeting to ask about using the highway to haul grain and gravel. Sherman expressed concern about damage that could be caused by driving on township roads with heavy trucks. He said he would prefer to use an approximately one-mile stretch of the highway to get from Yale Avenue to Carver County Road 33 to ship grain. There is some logic in going to a paved road,” MnDOT representative Dave Johnson commented. Ron Hall, project manager for contractor Knife River agreed. “If the farm is in the project area, that is local traffic,” Hall said. He asked Sherman to turn on his four-way flashers when driving on the closed portion of the highway.