Long awaited highway project may present harvest obstacles

If the 2023 construction season goes as planned, the fall harvest in the Superior area may offer extra challenges.

Members of the Superior City Council Monday evening learned the state highway department has committed funds for a major highway project that will involve most of Highway 14 from the south junction with U.S. Highway 136 about five miles north of Superior to the state line and Highway 8 from the east edge of Superior to the creek bridge east of the South Central Veterinary Clinic.

It appears to be a major project that will require the relocation or replacement of water and sewer li...