MnDOT plans aerial photo work in northwest Minnesota

BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation will conduct aerial mapping of several locations in northwest Minnesota this spring. The mapping will create a record of existing infrastructure and landscape along, and adjacent to, MnDOT right of way for transportation planning and operations.

This work must be conducted after the snow has melted and before the trees leaf out.

Work will begin in late March; weather permitting, in the following locations:

• Highway 371, Cass Lake

• Highway 71, Park Rapids

• Highway 2/92, Bagley

• Highway 1/59, Thief River Falls

MnDOT crews will paint large white “X” targets on paved surfaces and place wood panel “X” targets on unpaved surfaces. A survey crew then records the coordinate position and elevation of these targets and provides that information to the aerial photography company. The targets are temporary and will be removed when the photography is completed.

MnDOT requests that landowners not remove or disturb the targets until the photography is completed.

If a target must be moved, please contact MnDOT District 2 survey staff at 218-755-6533 or by email at Daniel.Domeier@state.mn.us