By John Reinan
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Richfield is on its way to becoming the roundabout capital of Minnesota — not so much for the number of its traffic circles as for their prominence.
The City Council recently authorized adding two new roundabouts as part of a complete reconstruction of 66th Street, often called the city’s unofficial Main Street. The double-wide roundabouts will be installed at Nicollet and Lyndale avenues, two of the busiest north-south thoroughfares in the city.
Along with existing roundabouts at Portland and 17th avenues, they’ll have motorists circling at four of the city’s biggest, busiest intersections.
“Throughout the process, we’ve kind of tagged 66th Street as the Roundabout Corridor,” said Jeff Pearson, the city’s transportation engineer. “It definitely will be a focus of attention from other communities, as they’re looking at [installing] these as well.”
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