PROJECT

Wind project goes forward

BISMARCK (AP) — A 150-megawatt wind energy project in southeastern North Dakota is going ahead despite a legal fight between its developer and Xcel Energy. North Dakota’s Public Service Commission has approved a site plan for enXco Development Corp. to build 100 wind turbines in Dickey and McIntosh counties. The project’s cost is estimated at $400 million.

June 10, 2011

Electric bills to rise with wind projects

BISMARCK — Otter Tail Power Co.’s North Dakota customers will see higher electric bills as the utility adds more wind power to its energy sources, state regulators say. Beginning Sept. 1, a separate charge assessed to ratepayers to pay for Otter Tail wind energy projects will increase the monthly bill by almost $1.40 for a residential customer who uses 750 kilowatt-hours of electricity, state Public Service Commission filings say.

By By Dale Wetzel, The Associated Press , August 06, 2010

Project Safe Send sets record

BISMARCK (AP) — A North Dakota program that enables residents to dispose of unusable pesticides safely and for free collected a record amount this summer, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said Thursday. More than 400 people brought in 215,594 pounds — or more than 100 tons — of herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides to collection sites set up around the state, Goehring said.

July 30, 2010

Highway 52 project to start

The dowel bar retrofit, grinding and concrete pavement restoration project on U.S. Highway 52, or Mill Hill will start on May 17. The work will primarily consist of activities that would result in a smoother vehicle ride and longer life from the existing pavement. This construction activity should be completed in the late fall, baring weather related difficulties.

May 03, 2010

Other views: Water project delay is frustrating

Another year, another frustrating delay of the Northwest Water Supply project. The latest is a ruling by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer in Washington, D.C., to keep an injunction on the project, which means more environmental study will need to be done, delaying the project by as much as two years.

By Minot Daily News , March 19, 2010

City Council goes ahead with project

In a special meeting Wednesday, the City Council voted 4-1 to go ahead with the Business Loop East reconstruction project. The council voted to pay the entire 10 percent local share of the cost of constructing the main roadway and half the 20 percent local share of the frontage road. The vote lowers the cost to property owners in the area by an estimated $206,000.

December 10, 2009

Road project goes ahead

The City Council’s Public Works Committee opted Tuesday to go forward with the Business Loop East road reconstruction project, but it will look for ways to cut potential assessment costs to affected property owners before making a final decision.

November 25, 2009

City may drop road project

The project to reconstruct the Business Loop East roadway is in danger of being canceled as property owners and City Council members complain about a lack of communication and information. Business Loop East, which runs past S&R Truck Plaza, Mac’s and the South Stop ‘N’ Go, was removed from the state highway system when the U.S. Highway 281 Bypass was completed in 2000. However, the city lobbied the North Dakota Department of Transportation to provide funding to turn the country road into a city street, with curb and gutter, lighting and underground storm drainage. The change would bring that Interstate 94 entrance into Jamestown up to urban standards.

November 06, 2009

Devils Lake seeks coulee project permission

City officials in Devils Lake are seeking state permission to further lower a coulee on the lake’s east end through which floodwaters would naturally flow if the lake continues its years-long rise.

By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , October 22, 2009

Water Commission endorses Fargo project

The state Water Commission has endorsed spending $75 million on a southside Fargo flood control project. The Legislature set aside $45 million in the current two-year budget cycle with $30 million in 2011.

June 25, 2009

Project Safe Send collections scheduled

The North Dakota Agriculture Department is getting ready for its annual Project Safe Send program. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said collections of unusable pesticides will be held at 16 sites in July.

May 29, 2009

Ellendale receives funding for project

Gov. John Hoeven has announced $1.4 million in funding for 13 statewide projects under the North Dakota Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School program. The federal program aims to improve infrastructure and provide encouragement so students will walk or bicycle to schools.

April 30, 2009

Kulm receiving loan for sewer project

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that 193 water and environmental projects will receive funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The cost of the projects totals more than $615.8 million.

April 30, 2009

Investors drop out of project

The credit crunch has prompted some investors to withdraw from construction of a natural gas pipeline in northwestern Colorado. Enterprise Products Partners and Quicksilver Gas Services have terminated plans for a 50 percent stake in TransCanada’s $2 billion Pathfinder pipeline project. The 673-mile pipeline would run from Colorado to North Dakota, where it would link to a major system in the Midwest. Quicksilver Gas Services, based in Fort Worth, Texas, decided in August that it wouldn’t pursue the project, spokesman Rick Buterbaugh said Tuesday.

December 31, 2008

Expansion project | Officials tout proposal for Heritage Center

The North Dakota Historical Society admits its goals for an expansion to the Heritage Center in Bismarck are lofty. “It is pretty spectacular project,” said Art Todd of James-town, member of the board of directors for the Historical Society. “With exceptional benefits for the people of North Dakota.”

By Keith Norman , October 21, 2008