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Minnesota motorists are being urged to keep an eye out for MnDOT crews doing nighttime maintenance this spring and summer. Since April 27, there have been three collisions between motorists and MnDOT maintenance crews in the Twin Cities.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation wants to hear from you. They are inviting everyone to an interactive public workshop Monday at the Atwood Conference Center at St. Cloud State University. MnDOT is gathering feedback to develop a long-range transportation plan.

If you are heading up north for the fishing opener, you won't encounter much in the way of road construction. That is, unless you leave early or stay through Sunday.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will resume its Highway 23 Paynesville bypass public meetings tomorrow. They will be held every other Thursday at the Paynesville American Legion.

You probably have noticed workers taking down houses along University Drive and 5th Avenue South. The work is in preparation for the roundabout construction at that intersection.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is commemorating Workers Memorial Day today by honoring the 46 workers who have died while working on construction projects.

MnDOT crews will be working on Highway 24 this (Thursday) morning. Crews will be removing old pavement and repaving the roadway at the intersection of Highway 24 and Wright County Road 75.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has announced a whopping $900-million worth of construction projects this summer. Here in District 3, which covers central Minnesota, most of the projects center around the major travel corridors.

Driving conditions throughout central Minnesota remain extremely hazardous due to icy roads, limited visibility and blowing and drifting snow.

Authorities are searching for the operator of a backhoe that fell into the Minnesota River while clearing ice jams between St. Peter and Mankato. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports that a backhoe was "washed into the river.