Heavy truck traffic and increased vehicle volumes during the Highway 1 construction project have contributed to deteriorating conditions on some township roads, prompting concerns from local officials and residents. Submitted photo
The cost of a detour
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How the Highway 1 project is affecting township roads, farmers and rural communities What began as a reconstruction project on Highway 1 between Langdon and Nekoma has become a source of growing frustration for area residents, farmers, truck drivers, township officials and local businesses who say deteriorating road conditions and increased traffic on local roads are creating costly and potentially dangerous situations across the area. Residents, agricultural businesses and local officials say the project's timing, road conditions and lack of suitable alternate routes have shifted heavy traffic onto county and township roads that were never designed to handle sustained commercial truck traffic.
Thursday, June 4, 2026
