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INFRASTRUCTURES * USA
* Minnesota - Thick roads, please: Dakota aims to extend vital trucking network
Dakota,MINN,USA -The Star Tribune, by JESSIE VAN BERKEL -November 18, 2014: -- Dakota County is tackling the problem of county roads that cannot handle the heaviest of trucks and their loads... Commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to designate an additional 42 miles of ultra-strong roads, capable of handling road-rattling 10-ton trucks... Transportation experts and truckers say that there’s a multibillion-dollar dilemma — and if communities want to attract businesses and keep the cost of goods low, thick pavement needs to be a priority. Counties across the state are expanding their network of roads that can carry heavy loads... It would be expensive — at a cost of about $4 billion — to bring every mile of Minnesota’s county roads to the 10-ton standard, Donahue said. So communities must focus on those that are most important for moving freight...
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