A few quick transportation notes from Sherburne County
Posted on September 23rd, 2008 – 6:05 AMBy Roadguy
Roadguy had the day off on Monday to make up for working on Labor Day, so he headed up to the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, where no one is talking about drilling for oil and where there’s a pretty cool scenic drive.
The speed limit on the one-way gravel road is 20 miles per hour, meaning that small critters that might normally end up splattered on your windshield are able to…
… hitch a ride on the wiper blade instead. (Several jumped into the Roadguymobile as well, but I don’t think they count as HOV passengers.)
After our tour, since we were in the neighborhood, we swung through…
… where news of the largest single-day increase in the price of oil had yet to cause panic at the pumps:
Maybe that’s because …
… construction of the Northstar commuter rail station is in full swing. When the line opens late next year, Minneapolis better watch out — those grasshoppers will be ready to hop aboard.
4 Responses to "A few quick transportation notes from Sherburne County"
Will Rep. Mark Olson be at the Big Lake Northstar station to cut the ribbon?
I haven’t been to Big Lake, but I thought the commuter rail station was supposed to be in the middle of their downtown, not the middle of nowhere??
Big Lake *is* the middle of nowhere. Probably just as much as my current hometown of Lakeville.
Barry: Big Lake doesn’t have much of a downtown…and most of the town itself is north of Hwy 10. That said, there was no room to put it “in the middle of town” without building a brand new road off Hwy 10, so they’re building it about a mile to the east, which enables them to utilize an existing intersection off Hwy 10 for access.
