Beginning next week, the public will be able to comment on Kohl's Department Store's plan to build an elevated parking lot on the southwest side of its Miller Trunk Highway store.
The project would replace 111 parking spaces lost to the improvements the Minnesota Department of Transportation is making to U.S. Highway 53. The project would create 72 parking spaces in the new lot and 39 spaces by reconfiguring the existing parking lot.
Copies of the project's Environmental Assessment Worksheet will be available for viewing at the Duluth Public Library and at www.duluthmn.gov beginning Monday. The city will accept written, public comments on the worksheet between Monday and 4:30 p.m. March 11 in the Duluth Community Resources Department, Planning Division, at 411 W. First St., Room 402, City Hall. Comments should be addressed to senior planner Charles Froseth, who can be reached at (218)
730-5580 or cfroseth@
duluthmn.gov.
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An EAW provides basic information about a project that may have the potential for significant environmental impacts. The Duluth Planning Commission will decide whether a more extensive Environmental Impact Statement should be prepared for this project at a special meeting on March 16.
The planning commission will accept public comments on this project beginning at 5 p.m. March 10 in the City Hall's City Council Chambers.
A call to Kohl's corporate headquarters was not immediately returned.
Kohl's opened its Duluth store in August 1995. Its development created some controversy, and the developer was supposed to build wetlands to replace those lost during construction. A dispute between a neighbor and the developer, however, led to a delay. At one point, before a settlement was reached, the City Council was scheduled to look into penalizing the developer for failing to replace the wetlands.
