I am sure I am in the Minority, I agree with Mn/DOT.

I agree from a Engineering and Safety perspective:

1) Engineering Point in that the soils/ground is already veru soft with the frost just going out and then with the road base being saturated, any amount of Traffic would do a large amount of damage to the roadways.

2) Safety in protecting the traveling public from the dangers of High/Swift moving Water. Your/our lives are worth much more than taking a chance if your car goes in along with those of rescue crews having to deal with a submerged vehicle. Your chance of survival is slim should your car go off the roadway.

Thanks Mn/DOT

Yes, Flying Cloud Drive becomes Chaska Blvd. in Chaska,

All of this part of OLD 212 and now otherwise known from Eden Prairie through Chaska as County Road 61.

Ya know, Shame on anyone wanting another Cities Street name continuing through their City! (My personal sarcasim)

When they shut down Hwy 41, they normally put the barricades up at the north end of the 41 bridge (by 1st Street in downtown Chaska) and just north of the back road into the Renaissance (just north of the railroad tracks). All other downtown streets in Chaska should still remain open.

You certainly will notice that downtown is much quieter (and more pedestrian friendly) over the next week or two! When I used to live downtown I could tell instantly when they closed and reopened 41 in the spring, even though I lived several blocks off of Hwy 41...entirely because of the noise (or lack thereof).

That's nothing compared to this weekend. There was a seemingly endless stream of traffic that didn't believe the barrage of "road closed" signs until they got to the foot of the bridge. They were met with equal frustration at the end of First Street when they found no access to Chaska Boulevard either.

(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at [email protected].)