Minnesota Department of Transportation

MnDOT proposes end to weekly highway meetings

Sep 23, 2020

Citing less frequent changes to report on the Highway 61 reconstruction project, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Public Engagement Coordinator Cindy Morgan said MnDOT was proposing to make Sept. 29 the last of the weekly 8 a.m. Tuesday public project update meetings. Instead, she...

Bridge repair closes highway lane south of Frontenac

Sep 16, 2020

U.S. Hwy. 61 at the bridge south of Frontenac is one lane while crews repair bridge joints, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The project will be complete Sept. 24, weather permitting. Traffic signals will be used to direct traffic in a single lane through the project....

People asked to stay off new grass

Sep 16, 2020

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Public Engagement Coordinator Cindy Morgan relayed a message from contractor Rochester Sand and Gravel at the Sept. 15 Highway 61 construction update meeting: Keep off the grass. Newly-seeded grass is growing in many areas along the project, and they...

Highway project nearly two-thirds complete

Sep 2, 2020

It was a short update meeting for the Highway 61 reconstruction project Tuesday, Sept. 1. Rochester Sand and Gravel Public Information Officer Dick Swenke announced that the project was 65 percent complete overall and that the third and final section of the project was 35 percent complete. In the...

Contractor - Highway project 60 percent complete

Aug 26, 2020

Section 2 of the Highway 61 reconstruction project in Lake City opened as projected Aug. 19, and the third and final detour stage went into effect. Highway 61 traffic can now travel through downtown from Lyon Avenue southward. The detour now runs along Lyon Avenue, North 10th Street, and Grant...

Project hits milestone as Section 2 reopens

Aug 19, 2020

The third layer of bituminous paving went down Tuesday. On Wednesday temporary lines were to be painted and then, probably by early or mid-afternoon, several blocks of Highway 61 were expected to reopen in downtown Lake City. It hadn’t happened yet as of this writing, but if it goes as planned, it...

Downtown work in its final stages

Aug 12, 2020

The publicly available estimate for when Section 2 of the Highway 61 reconstruction project will reopen to traffic got more specific at Tuesday’s project update meeting. Traffic is expected to return to the stretch of Lakeshore Drive between Elm Street and Lyon Avenue around Aug. 17 or 18,...

Highway about half way complete

Aug 5, 2020

Half way, or thereabouts. That’s the completion status of the Highway 61 reconstruction project in Lake City, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s weekly project update email. At Tuesday’s weekly construction update meeting, Cindy Morgan, the public engagement coordinator for...

Paving underway downtown

Jul 29, 2020

Roadway paving on Section 2 of the Highway 61 reconstruction project began earlier this week and was expected to be complete by Saturday, officials announced in the weekly construction update on Tuesday. Section 2 is the stretch of Lakeshore Drive from Elm Street to Lyon Avenue. Rochester Sand and...

Downtown sidewalks continue to take shape

Jul 22, 2020

The sidewalks in downtown Lake City are getting a little more colorful. Gaps between main slabs on the walkway are being filled with brown concrete. And the areas between the walkway and the street are filling with a mosaic of tan, dark brown, and reddish brown pavers. At the highway construction...