Plans for another roundabout in Sartell are starting to take shape. Tonight (Monday) the Sartell City Council unanimously approved a plan to move forward with the roundabout project proposed for Stearns County Road 133 and 19th Avenue North.
The rise of the roundabout in Minnesota is helping explain a drop in serious crashes. That's the verdict from state transportation experts, who say the circular intersections prove safer, more environmentally sound and better for the flow of traffic.
A busy east-west corridor which divides St. Cloud and Sartell will undergo some major construction starting next year. Stearns County Road 120 links Veterans Drive to the west with Highway 15 to the east. Stearns County Assistant Engineer Jodi Teich says the plan calls for roundabouts to be built.