BRAINERD — Originally planned for 2025, a reconditioning project for Highway 12 is expected to be done yet this year. When state funds were reduced, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project was slated to be delayed to 2025. Crow Wing County received a Federal Surface Transportation Block Grant of $2,102,204 in 2022 for use in 2025.
An agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation allows the project to be completed in 2024 instead. With the agreement, the county will use other funding sources to advance the project, and federal funds will reimburse the county for the grant amount in 2025. Plans are to recondition the pavement on Highway 12 from Highway 6 to Highway 210.
The Crow Wing County Board approved the agreement at the Tuesday, Aug. 13, meeting. In other business , the County Board: ADVERTISEMENT Heard from Sheriff Eric Klang they are narrowing their choice for a new record management system.
Klang said they’ve had the current system for 17 years, and it is outdated, with a new one providing better data. Commissioner Paul Koering said Commissioner Doug Houge talked to the Deerwood City Council about their payment toward the record management system, which could go up to about $15,000, representing a lot of money for a small community. “So currently they're all roughly paying around like $3,000 bucks, $3,000 to $4,000 and it's going to go up quite significantly,” Klang said.
Klang said they paid about $1.2 million for the record system 17 years a.