Minnesota Department of Transportation

[Updated] Crossings change, plea remains the same: go slow

Jul 22, 2020

Editor's note: Since this article was published, a notification went out that the vehicle crossings have changed again. The new updates (as of July 23 at 11 a.m.) reflect those changes. Earlier this week one of the three routes vehicles can use to travel across the Highway 61 reconstruction...

Permanent light possible

Jul 15, 2020

Responding to public interest in making the temporary traffic signals at the interection of Lyon Avenue and 10th Street permanent, City Administrator Rob Keehn told the city council Monday that the city can request a study, but the final decision will come from the Minnesota Department of...

New sidewalks downtown

Jul 8, 2020

Workers pour new sidewalk in front of Resh Wok restaurant in Lake City on Wednesday, July 8. While sidewalk installation continues downtown, some businesses will be using alternate entrances. At the Tuesday construction update meeting, Minnesota Department of Transportation Community Engagement...

Downtown access shifts as construction proceeds

Jul 8, 2020

Marion Street has replaced Chestnut Street as one of three streets vehicles can use to access downtown Lake City during the Highway 61 reconstruction project. Woodburn Street and Doughty Street remain open to vehicle traffic. Pedestrians can cross into and out of downtown at those intersections...

More temporary stop signs appear on High Street

Jul 1, 2020

The City of Lake City has placed temporary stop signs on North High Street at the intersections of two streets used to access downtown during Highway 61 construction. Stop signs previously placed at the intersection of High Street and Chestnut Street remain in place. The new signs are intended to...

New road, new detour, new traffic concerns on city streets

Jun 24, 2020

The northern section of the Highway 61 reconstruction project has reopened to traffic, significantly shortening the posted detour for motorists travelling between Red Wing and Lake City. Prior to the reopening late last week, northbound Highway 61 traffic took Lakewood Avenue to 10th Street and on...

Stretch of highway could reopen by this weekend

Jun 17, 2020

By the time you read this, it might be possible to take a left off of Grant Street onto Highway 61 and get to Hok-Si-La and parts north for the first time in months. From the weekly Highway 61 reconstruction project update meeting Tuesday came the news that the northern stretch of the project...

Paving underway on both ends of highway project

Jun 11, 2020

Pavement has come to areas of the Highway 61 reconstruction project in Lake City. Trucks filled with asphalt unloaded one by one ahead of a machine that fixed the material into place along the northern end of the project and the first few blocks of the southern end Tuesday. At Tuesday’s project...

Detour tweaks continue, utility work expands on Highway 61

May 13, 2020

Officials reported continued efforts to route traffic in and around Lake City during the Highway 61 reconstruction project weekly update meeting Tuesday, May 12. Chestnut Street emerged as the preferred route into downtown Lake City for many drivers, leading to concerns and a few minor accidents...

Utility work underway downtown

May 6, 2020

Steve Brown of Lake City took this photo looking almost straight down into a crater-like hole at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Marion Street where workers were placing utilities this week. Brown has flown his drone since the beginning of the project to track its progress from above.