MOORHEAD (KFGO KVRR) – A new underpass will run under two busy railroad tracks with the goal of improving safety and mobility in Moorhead.
Fire Chief Jeff Wallin said the underpass will be go north and south on 11th St. from where Hornbacher’s is on the south side to about where the fire station is on the north side. He said the streets will have to taper back to ground level in either direction which will cause temporary problems at the headquarters fire station.
The underpass redesign, which is projected to cost over $100 million, will allow fire trucks to exit the building quicker and cut down on call times.
“One of the problems we’ve had at the fire department is long delays when we’ve got trains crossing the tracks to get to the south side of town from our station one and so this underpass project is really going to eliminate those delays when somebody is suffering a life threatening emergency or fire,” Wallin said.
The fire dept. will have to make significant changes to its truck doors, which will be moved from the south side of the building to the northside.
Wallin also said. “This is going to be a three-year construction project before everything is done and it is going to cause some delays during that time we’ll have to take alternate routes a few blocks out of our way and our fire station is being reconfigured for our trucks to exit out of the north side of the building versus the south side onto the street the way that they are right now.
Construction on the underpass is scheduled to begin next year.
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