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DRG News Work Zone Awareness Week Billboard Contest

May 19, 2021
Student at St. Joseph’s Elementary School in Pierre among winners of statewide work zone safety billboard contest Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Jody Heemstra May 19, 2021 | 3:53 PMRead the story on the DRG News website Construction season is officially underway and to help raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving in work zones, the Associated General Contractors of South Dakota and the South Dakota Department of Transportation recently announced the winners for the annual work zo...

Mitchell Republic - Repairs coming to Chamberlain’s "really rough" King Street

May 14, 2021
The South Dakota Department of Transportation is preparing to improve several miles of King Street in Chamberlain this summer. The portion of road due for repairs, which stretches from the intersection of the street with Interstate 90 to the railroad bridge on the east side of Chamberlain, has been in need of repairs for some time, said Jay Peppel, the Mitchell Area Engineer for the SDDOT Mitchell Regional Office. The regrading and widening project will be the largest road construction project f...

From resurfacing roads to preventing ice jams: 6 road projects South Dakotans should know about

April 21, 2021
From resurfacing roads to preventing ice jams: 6 road projects South Dakotans should know about Joe Sneve Sioux Falls Argus Leader   The COVID-19 pandemic stalled South Dakota highway work for a time last spring, but that didn't stop the state transportation department from completing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of road construction projects. The South Dakota Department of Transportation each year budgets about $600 million for road work all across the state's 7,800 centerline miles of...

Eye on KELOland - Pierre/Ft. Pierre Bridge

April 29, 2021
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Eye on KELOland - Diverging Diamonds - Rapid City & Sioux Falls

May 04, 2021
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