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Ribbon Cutting for Major Highway Project

Ribbon Cutting for Major Highway Project

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A ribbon cutting for the Veterans Parkway project in Sioux Falls Monday marked the middle and not the end of the highway construction. The parkway will be another bypass around the city from I-29 to I-90 east of the city.
State Department of Transportation Operations Manager Craig Smith says the highway will have a number of benefits…

Governor Kristi Noem says it’s a project she has supported since her time in Congress…

Senator John Thune says it’s a demonstration of the importance of the federal highway program….

Total cost of the project will be over one hundred twenty million dollars and should be completed by 2026.

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