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State Representative Carolyn Laine
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-4331
For more information contact: Joan Nichols 651-29X-XXXX
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The Next Disaster May Not Be A Bridge
Dear Editor:
The next preventable disaster we experience in this state may not be a bridge falling.
In northern Minnesota, the huge "lake" created from the Canisteo Mine Pit is 400 feet deep and six miles long. The water continues to rise as the aquifers tapped into during the mining period fill the pit.
This powerful quantity of water is eating away the sides of the pit, making this a gigantic bowl of water pressure that threatens to break through and overflow into the town of Bovey and nearby Highway 169.
Part of Bovey is already much lower than the water level in the pit. If remedial action is not taken soon, human lives could be swept away along with another important transportation link.
As we are now somberly aware in Minnesota, prevention is always cheaper than repair, especially when human lives are involved. Money to siphon the water to lower its level was in the vetoed bonding bill. This needs attention. Waiting to offer assistance gambles with people’s lives.
Sincerely,
Carolyn Laine
State Representative, 50A
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