Flood Control: Diversion--ND or MN?

[roadwarrior]

I don't quite see how traffic counts really come into play when talking flood control.

[Grizzled]

Plus Hwy 10 and I 94 and hwy 75 and hwy 9 are all high traffic spots.

north dakota has I 29 and I 94.

if it starts by oxbow and goes around fargo to west, it will encompass fargo/west fargo and stop the sprawl into the wetlands south and west of fargo in which we got this problem in the first place.
My father used to hunt pheasants/ducks just south and west of fargo, and now people have been building on a sloough for 20 years, duh, of course its gonna flood.

Right, no one drives on I29 or I94 west.

[Facts]

NORTH DAKOTA. Minnesota is 5-8 feet higher in elevation, and no one lives south and west and north of Fargo!! its a no brainer. Plus more people travel to Detroit Lakes, etc, imagine the traffic headaches, no one really goes west

Lakes,
Were you also against all the recent road construction on Hwy 10 to DL and hwy 34 in PR?
I'm as impatient as the next guy, but we're all gonna have to take our lumps on this one, regardless of which side of the Red the diversion is placed.

[MNLonghorn10]

build it right down main street in dilworth

[tjbison]

Plus Hwy 10 and I 94 and hwy 75 and hwy 9 are all high traffic spots.

north dakota has I 29 and I 94.

if it starts by oxbow and goes around fargo to west, it will encompass fargo/west fargo and stop the sprawl into the wetlands south and west of fargo in which we got this problem in the first place.
My father used to hunt pheasants/ducks just south and west of fargo, and now people have been building on a sloough for 20 years, duh, of course its gonna flood.

This is dumb! Just like the Dilworth mayor saying a MN diversion will stop growth!! HOW??? someone please give me a rational explanation on how a ditch will stop people from building? ever been to New Orleans? thats BELOW sea level with Canals running thru it, they still somehow seem to build. Maybe they are smarter than us but I doubt it. Also Lakes if you want to hunt real WILD unfarmed Pheasants you will need to drive west on that lonely road that no one is ever on called I-94

More people travel on I-29 in a day than 10 and 75 combined, look at the traffic counts

[rutlandbison]

NORTH DAKOTA. Minnesota is 5-8 feet higher in elevation, and no one lives south and west and north of Fargo!! its a no brainer. Plus more people travel to Detroit Lakes, etc, imagine the traffic headaches, no one really goes west

I do. And you basically just singled out about 80% of the population of North Dakota. Build throught DL. It's a fake city anyway.

[99Bison]

It sure seems that the ND diversion is the only "real" answer around here.

[tony]

Lakes makes a good case that Minnesota towns, like Detroit Lakes, should pitch in more money. I mean, apparently, the North Dakota side is pretty much deserted with only a fraction of the traffic and stuff of the Minnesota side.

[Bison bison]

The economics point strongly to a Minnesota side diversion.

[99Bison]

The economics point strongly to a Minnesota side diversion.

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