Can Of Worms Reconstruction

The massive bridge and highway cluster in Duluth affectionately referred to as the “Can Of Worms” could see big changes as soon as 2018.

The I-35 and I-535 Interchange is now on the list for a Federal Construction work.

St. Louis County Commissioners passed a resolution in favor of supporting MNDOT applicant for what’s called the Fastlane grant.

The federal grant money would fund 60% of the construction project with the state making up the rest around 72,000 vehicles drive through the Can Of Worms daily with 5% of heavy commercial vehicles.

An ongoing concern has been safety since the area does see a high volume of daily traffic the new construction would increase sight distance for drivers and eliminate left merging. pete stauber chair of public transportion st. louis co.

 The price tag on this ambitious project is more than 200 million dollars.

“Again our role today is just to show our support for the application of this project that MNdot will be successful in obtaining this money.”St. Louis County Administrator, Kevin Gray said.

If the federal grant money comes through and the plan gets approved construction should start as soon as 2018