<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>FYI<br><br>Sent from Karen's favorite iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Gillach, James (DOT)" <<a href="mailto:james.gillach@state.mn.us">james.gillach@state.mn.us</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 17, 2015 at 2:24:29 PM CDT<br><b>To:</b> #DOT_ALLCOMM <<a href="mailto:ALLCOMM.DOT@state.mn.us">ALLCOMM.DOT@state.mn.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Series of lane closures on five Central Minnesota highways begin Aug. 20</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Arial Black";
panose-1:2 11 10 4 2 1 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Arial Narrow";
panose-1:2 11 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;
mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:115%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
p.GroupWiseView, li.GroupWiseView, div.GroupWiseView
{mso-style-name:GroupWiseView;
mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-autospace:none;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1822649217;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:226273496 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">Minnesota Department of Transportation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">District 3 – Central MN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">3725 12<sup>th</sup> St. N.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">St. Cloud, MN 56303-2107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">News Release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Aug. 17, 2015 Contact: J.P. Gillach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 218-828-5706<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release Follow on Twitter: @MnDOTCentral<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:31.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:31.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:31.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Series of lane closures on five Central Minnesota highways begin Aug. 20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:31.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Motorists will encounter lane closures, flaggers, pilot cars and delays on five Central Minnesota highways beginning Thursday, Aug. 20 while crews seal segments of each road.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The lane closures will occur intermittently on the following roadways, up to seven day per week.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:7.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway 107 between Highway 65 and the Isanti County/Pine County border<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:7.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway 65 between Highway 23 in Mora and Highway 27 in Woodland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:7.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway 55 between County Road 181 in Paynesville and the east junction of Highway 4 near Lake Koronis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway 23 between Highway 25 and County Road 67 near Foley (includes the Highway 23/25 intersection)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway 25 at Highway 23 in Foley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Each road segment will be intermittently reduced to a single lane with flaggers and a pilot car controlling one-way, alternating traffic through the daily work zone. Motorists should slow down and prepare
to stop as they approach each work zone, obey the flaggers and use caution as they follow the pilot car through each work zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Motorists entering a work zone from driveways or crossroads that intersect the work zones must wait for the pilot car to pass, then follow it through the work zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information on navigating work zones with pilot cars, visit
</span><a href="http://www.mndot.gov/d3/graphics2/pilotcar.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.mndot.gov/d3/graphics2/pilotcar.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The closures are needed as crews seal each segment of road. Sealing pavement can help extend the life of the pavement on Minnesota
roadways. For more information on Minnesota road funding, visit Get Connected at
</span><a href="http://www.mndot.gov/getconnected"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.mndot.gov/getconnected</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota, visit
</span><a href="http://www.511mn.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.511mn.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"># # #</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div></blockquote></body></html>