Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel is announcing over $44 million in grants will be given to improve safety at four intersections in the Greater Minnesota and Twin Cities metro area. One of these intersections is on Highway 10 at Benton County Highway 2 in Rice, and will cost about $14.5 million. These new projects will replace current signalized intersections that have interchanges and ramps. The Safety and Mobility Interchange Program grants are funded by a bond appropriation made by last year’s Legislature. “The grants will enable these projects to be constructed earlier than they otherwise would have been, reducing both crashes and congestion sooner,” says Sorel. Each project has funds from other sources committed to them, with the total value of all four projects exceeding $70 million.