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Officials break ground on final leg of Hwy. 14 expansion <br />between Rochester and New Ulm <br />For more than 60 years, residents from Rochester to New <br />Ulm have lobbied to make Hwy. 14 bigger and safer. <br />That dream will soon come to fruition as work begins on <br />expanding 12.5 miles of Hwy. 14 to four lanes from New <br />Ulm to Nicollet, the last two-lane section of road from there <br />to Rochester. <br />Federal, state and local officials broke ground on the $84 <br />million project Tuesday morning in Courtland, where Hwy. <br />14 passes through. The project reroutes the highway north <br />of town, which would considerably cut down traffic through <br />the small community. <br />Work is expected to finish in fall 2023 and is funded in part <br />by a $22 million federal transportation grant <br />Minnesota secured in 2020. <br />Nmir ire;%r/it <br />������iiii°iVllllllllllllllljjiuuu , ;�, <br />VI <br />,I 11111 <br />u <br />i <br />Busiiness surges at auto repaiir shops as Miinnesotans try to make vehiiclles (last (longer <br />1111 »N kpY <br />Tim Curtis considered buying a new Chevrolet Silverado pickup last year, but the $58,000 price was more than the cost of <br />his first house. <br />Since prices for used cars are also inflated, he decided to stop shopping and instead maintain his 2004 GMC Envoy and <br />2015 GMC Terrain. His largest repair in recent years at Brausen Auto in Roseville cost $1,200, which was for brakes and <br />tires on the Envoy. <br />Auto repair shops are seeing more customers invest in keeping their vehicles running because of the extreme distortion in <br />the auto and truck market. <br />III a �I pp�umuul uu,,riN mi <br />6 j61ul��yl I� �IIIIIIIII� (IIIII �II IIII IIIII h� °�rill�����1� Ip H�auA <br />I1I IIII II I, )))‘,"))0 <br />II <br />.1.11111111111111111111111 <br />ul air <br />0010005 <br />11 ; it i1�I1 u'I111111111� <br />1111111111111111111111 <br />Minnesota Its I....00kino into <br />What That Means <br />eed Safety Cameras: Here's <br />The Minnesota Department of Transportation is exploring <br />the use of speed safety cameras as a tool to reduce <br />speeding in work zone areas. <br />Speed safety cameras — otherwise known as automated <br />speed enforcement and photo -radar speed enforcement — <br />detect when cars go above the set limit using photographic <br />or video evidence. <br />Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia use the <br />technology. States that use speed safety cameras report a <br />reduction in speeding violations, according to MnDOT. <br />3 <br />