ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Department of
Transportation began restarting its operations Thursday following a
government shutdown of nearly three weeks.
MnDOT Commissioner Tom Sorel says some services will be up and
running fairly quickly, including MnPASS, traffic cameras and
freeway incident response trucks. But, others will take longer to
bring back on line.
MnDOT employees began returning to work at 7 a.m. Sorel says
crews will be inspecting rest areas and cleaning up storm debris.
He says most rest areas should be open by Saturday.
Sorel says district construction management offices around the
state will be in touch with contractors to get construction
projects restarted and try to make up for lost time.
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