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CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES GOF 140THPENINRE-0 NORTH The Hugo City Council has determine how much the road added to the entire road to announced the re-opening of needed to be raised. improve the surface. In addition, 140th Street North along Lake over 80 signs were installed, Raisted. Closed since the early to Following a series of neighborhood including "No Boat Launching," mid 1990s when it was flooded, meetings with residents in that "No Parking," and markers to this approximately 1.7 mile stretch area, a decision was made by the clearly identify the shoulder of the of gravel road has undergone a City Council to re-open the road road. Following the recommenda- series of improvements and is now primarily because of public safety tion of a speed study performed by open to through traffic. concerns. Since Hugo has so few the Minnesota Department of east-west roads, the Council deter- Transportation, 35 mph speed Public Works Director Chris mined that it was important to limit signs have been added as well. Petree explains that about a year have 140th Street North opened to ago the Browns Creek Watershed improve response times for the District installed pipes that low- Hugo Fire Department and the ered the lake to a normal level. Washington County Sheriff's "Before that, we didn't know what Department. the levels could be because there was little or no outlet for all the Over 5,000 tons of material were lakes in this area," Petree noted. hauled in to raise a stretch of Once these levels were known, the approximately 2,000 feet, and then Public Works Department could four inches of fresh gravel was REMEMBER TO RECYCLE! GET Plastic bottles collected for recycling are made into things such as hats, INVOLVED scarves, andlastic lumber used for decks. Tin cans are recycled into N YOUR P Y steel products such as sign posts, car parts, and rebar used in construc- CITY tion. It takes only about 90 days for an aluminum can to be recycled and back on the store shelf as a new can. The City of Hugo is looking for residents who might be In Hugo, items for recycling are collected curbside as part of your week- interested in serving on the ly trash collection. A recycling container is available from your garbage City's Parks Commission or hauler or by calling City Hall at 651-429-6676. Those items which can Planning Commission. be recycled include newspapers, aluminum beverage cans, tin cans, lass . Please call City Hall at 651- jars and bottles, corrugated cardboard, glossy magazines, junk mail, 429-6676 for more informa- boxboard (such as cereal boxes), #1 and #2 plastic bottles, and car and tion and an application. tractor batteries. 9