ROAD RAGE: John Cina didn't want a road built past his land to the site of a proposed orphanage in Eagan. He didn't want the new utilities. The city told him to pay $77,000 anyway.

From: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) | Date: March 28, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Meggen Lindsay

Mar. 28--Retiree John Cina has to fork over $77,000 for a road leading to nowhere in front of his Eagan hobby farm.

His tab from the city also includes sewer and water line extensions he never plans to use.

The road and utility improvements start at Cina's land and stretch to a vacant 36-acre lot where Mary Jo Copeland long has planned to build a controversial orphanage campus.

The City Council approved the new infrastructure for the Gift of Mary site along Minnesota 55 in northeast Eagan four years ago. Cina has protested the move since ...

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