(KNSI) – Orange barrels and lane closures are already affecting Highway 10 in east St. Cloud. On Monday, April 15th, the impact on motorists ramps up even more.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is spending $2.8 million to add high-tension median cables to reduce head-on collisions. The dividers would keep vehicles from crossing into oncoming traffic during an accident or medical emergency.
While crews work on the project, expect lane closures, shifts, and reduced speeds. The cables will be in place between Clear Lake and St. Cloud.
Posts are installed and then connected by three to four steel cables. If a vehicle runs into the apparatus, the posts will break, and the cables flex, minimizing damage to the car and occupants inside as the energy from the crash is absorbed by the cables.
MnDOT will continue to work on the Highway 10/Highway 23 interchange project. That snarled traffic last year and won’t be finished until this fall.
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