BROOKINGS Youre going to want to head over to the Bennett Barn on Tuesday if youre looking for new insights on possible reconstruction plans for 214th Street between Brookings and Aurora.
An open house will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the facility, which is at 47439 214th St.
A number of options for that 3-mile stretch of 214th Street specifically, from its intersection with 34th Avenue east to its intersection with South Broadway Avenue in Aurora exist, with a price ranging from $5.5 million to $22.2 million, per previous reporting in the Brookings Register. In addition to two, 12-foot paved lanes, options include road shoulders ranging from 6 to 8 feet in width, along with a shared-use path for non-motorized traffic.
Brookings County and its consultants, Brookings-based Banner Associates Inc. and Omaha, Nebraska-based HDR Inc., will offer a brief overview of the feasibility study that was conducted to identify potential improvement alternatives for the 214thStreet corridor.
According to information from the county and Banner, after a brief look back, the team will focus on providing information looking forward. They will present their evaluation of alternatives, anticipated traffic forecasts and corridor needs resulting from an improved roadway, and typical section alternatives that contribute to achieving various goals set forth by Brookings County.
Poster boards will be on display showing a visual representation of the information discussed and representatives from Brookings County and their consultants will be available for discussion in an open house format, where people can come and go as they please. The goal of the public forum is for attendees to provide feedback to county representatives on how important, or not important, an improved 214thStreet is to them.
The efforts for improving 214thStreet are in the early stages and formal preliminary designs have not yet been produced. Brookings County personnel and their consultants will not be able to identify definitive impacts or planned construction operations at this point in time. Comment cards for feedback will be available at the open house and a form of electronic comment will be made available through a project website that will be offered starting July 30.
The proposed changes are being spurred by the recent opening of Exit 130, a third Interstate 29 interchange in Brookings, where 20th Street South was extended east across the interstate. Its expected to bring about new residential and economic development not only to Brookings, but Aurora as well and with it, increased traffic.
Contact Mondell Keck at [email protected].
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