Pequot Hwy 371 Vote Tonight

A special Pequot Lakes City Council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight for a decisive vote on the controversial Highway 371 bypass. 

The so-called municipal consent would give the city's blessing to the Minnesota Department of Transportation to move forward on future construction of a new road surface around town.

Pequot Lakes Mayor Nancy Adams is expected to address the gathering  before the final vote.  A public hearing was held earlier, so it is unlikely public comments will be received tonight.

The bypass would move the highway a half mile east of the current stoplight. The work is to begin in 2018.