A traffic study conducted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) at the intersection of state Highway 30 and Eighth Avenue SW, which is also County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 15, in Pipestone yielded no recommended change to traffic controls. Pipestone City Council members requested last year that MnDOT conduct the traffic study due to the new elementary school constructed by Pipestone Area Schools. City Administrator Jeff Jones said then that concerns had been expressed about traffic volumes and traffic control at the intersection. “After looking at the traffic study, traffic flows, the number of accidents and all the other...

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