Crosstown reconstruction: Ready for four years o’ fun?

Posted on April 3rd, 2007 – 6:05 AM
By Roadguy

Barrel.jpgRoadguy just got back to town last night and is feeling a little travel-weary, but he perked up upon learning that the rebuilding of the Crosstown Commons might truly, actually, finally begin. (A Strib story from the other day, including a map, is here; a Minnesota Public Radio story with text, audio and a few images is here.)

Although excited about the untangling of this troubled interchange, Roadguy is also extremely wary — in fact, during the next four years, he might do the majority of his driving in the 651 and 763 area codes, for he fears that the Minneapolis-Richfield-Edina borderlands might become an incubator for unprecedented levels of road rage. (Of course, up in the 763, there’ll be continued seething, as money that was supposed to go toward reconfiguring the Devil’s Triangle in Brooklyn Park is heading south instead.)

Roadguy wants to hear about the planned coping strategies of Crosstown users and neighbors, as well as any other thoughts you might have on this massive, much-delalyed project. So share ‘em below.

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