371 EXPANSION ROUTE DECISION NEARS

Pequot Lakes City Council Member Jim Orascovitch said Monday night's meeting about the future of Highway 371 offered lots of information, some new, some rehashed, but all good. Orascovitch said Region Five did an especially good job with its surveys. He said comparing surveys and questionnaires was also instructive. For example, a postcard survey done by a Pequot Lakes citizens group contacted taxpayers in Pequot Lakes while a business group survey contacted everyone in the 56472 zip code area, many of whom don't live in Pequot Lakes. One survey's results favored a through-town expanded highway route, the other a bypass around town. Orascovitch added that a decision is near and on the city council agenda for December 18th. And in spite of the nearly four-year process, business activity continues. Councilman Orascovitch said nine people have applied for permits this year and two developments, not bad for Pequot Lakes.