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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">June 20, 2014 Contact: JP Gillach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Office: 218-828-5706<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway 65 lanes close between East Bethel, Cambridge beginning June 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ST. CLOUD, Minn – Motorists may encounter delays as segments of Highway 65 are intermittently reduced to a single lane between 245<sup>th</sup> Avenue NE, just north of East Bethel, and Ulysses
Drive NE in Cambridge beginning Monday, June 23.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The initial closures will occur during non-rush hours through late-July.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Drivers approaching the daily work zones should slow down, give workers room to work and use caution while navigating the daily work zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The closures are part of a larger project to resurface and improve segments of Highway 65 between East Bethel and Mora. Motorists can also expect lane closures later this year on Highway 65 south
of Grandy near<span style="color:red"> </span>Purple Hawk Country Club, and on Highway 65 south of Mora between County Road 11/Mahagony Road and the Anne River Bridge. Information on those closures will be issued as details become available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">When complete, the project will result in a smoother ride and extend the life of the road along more than 14 miles of Highway 65. The project also improves safety and efficiency by adding or extending
turn lanes at several locations, upgrading guard rail and improving drainage infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota, visit
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