DETROIT LAKES -- Motorists on Highway 34 east of Park Rapids will encounter lane closures and delays beginning today as crews begin constructing passing lanes between Akeley and Nevis. Crews will remove sections of pavement along the shoulders, allowing the highway to be widened. Excavation is expected to start a week after the preliminary work is completed. Flaggers will allow one-way, alternating traffic through the work zone. Motorists entering from driveways or roads that intersect with Highway 34 within a work zone must wait for the pilot car to pass, and then follow it through the work zone. Crews have constructed similar passing lanes on Highway 34 in several areas between Detroit Lakes and Park Rapids.
Officials ask that motorists slow down and pay attention while driving through work zones. Motorists who speed through a work zone or who disobey work zone flaggers’ traffic directions face a $300 fine.
