Intersection of Highway 33, Big Lake Road to be reconfigured in 2012

Motorists who have stacked up in lengthy queues to get into Pine Tree Plaza, or who have waited through two traffic cycles to get to the green light at the intersection of Highway 33, or who have had to dart in front of another car to make a left-hand turn off County Road 7 (Big Lake Road) will be relieved to know there is hope in sight. A plan to reconfigure Cloquet’s notoriously bottlenecked area has made it to next year’s Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) work schedule.

By: Wendy Johnson, Pine Journal