10th Street

Communications

Letters have been mailed to all properties adjacent to the project area.  A copy of the letter mailed to residents is available in the "Project Documents" section of this webpage.

Timeline

A preconstruction meeting with the contractor has been tentatively scheduled for May 7th, 2019.  More information regarding the project timeline should be available following that meeting.

Contractor Selected

• Danner Inc. has been selected as the contractor responsible for water main replacement work on 10th Street

Upcoming Activities

• SPRWS staff will be reaching out to business owners, condo managers, and other parties within the next 1-2 weeks to establish contact and collaborate in project planning.  If you are a local business owner, condo manager, or other interested party, please reach out to project manager, Will Menkhaus (william.menkhaus@ci.stpaul.mn.us)
• Danner Inc. has begun to work with the Right-of-Way department at Public Works to create a traffic control plan for the project.  Details of the traffic control plan will be shared when they are available.
• SPRWS will share an update when more information regarding project scheduling is known.

• Danner Inc. will begin water main replacement work on 10th Street during the week of 6/17/2019
• Water main replacement work is expected to take approximately 3 weeks, though the project duration will vary depending upon weather and subsurface conditions.
• Throughout the project, 10th Street (between Robert and Jackson) will be closed to traffic.  Danner crews will work to maintain access for residents and local workers to minimize parking and accessibility impacts.
• Residents and local businesses will lose water service for several hours at the beginning of the project while temporary water mains are tied into property services
• Further information will be shared in the coming days as additional details are finalized.  We ask that interested parties check this site regularly for updates.  Updates may also be provided in the form of mailers and/or fliers posted on business doors.

• Traffic Control on 10th Street has been set up.  The roadway is now closed to through traffic.  Residents and local workers can still access 10th Street in order to park in lots with entrances/exits on 10th Street.  Parking at meters on 10th Street is no longer available. 
• Anyone accessing 10th Street in order to park in a lot should exercise caution when driving around the construction site.  Please be respectful of the health and safety of workers and yourself as you navigate to and from your parking space.
• Water service tie-ins will cause the Produce Exchange building to lose water for approximately 3 hours on Wednesday (6/19) in the evening.  That work has been scheduled for 7 pm.  SPRWS recommends that residents and businesses plan appropriately for the water outage.  Businesses may need to adjust their hours due to the planned water outage.  We also recommend that residents fill water bottles and use the restroom prior to the 7 pm water outage in order to minimize inconveniences caused by the lack of water service.
• Trenching and full-scale water main replacement work will begin on Thursday, June 20th.

• The contractor has nearly completed installation of the new water main.  Work on water main installation should culminate tonight (6/25) with nighttime work.
• Beginning at 9 pm on Tuesday, 6/25/2019 water service will be shutoff to the Rossmor Building and several other nearby properties.  Residents and business owners were notified last week of the upcoming shutoff by means of fliers handed out to managers and/or posted on doors.  Water service is expected to be disconnected for up to 8 hours, but should be restored by early Wednesday morning.
• Nearby businesses may find it necessary to close early or come up with a plan for operating without water during the shutoff.
• Residents of the area should plan accordingly for the shutoff.  SPRWS staff would recommend that residents fill up water bottles, use the restroom, and/or shower prior to 9 pm to minimize the impact of the shutoff.  
• The contractor will perform all excavation work during business hours today to minimize noise disturbance to neighboring properties.  

• Water main work on 10th Street has been completed, and all water services have been reinstated.  No more water shutoffs are anticipated in conjunction with the project.
• Concrete base paving was poured today (7/10).  The base will cure for several days before final concrete/asphalt paving is completed.  Final paving is tentatively scheduled for Monday (7/15) or Tuesday (7/16), weather dependent.
• Residents of the Produce Exchange building that regularly park in the lot accessed via the underpass should have received parking passes from Amy Lowry that will provide alternative parking during paving activities.  The passes may be used in the lots across tenth street, provided that the parking space has only a yellow numbered tag.  The parking passes are not valid for spaces that contain additional signage (for example: Jimmy John's Parking Only, or "Green Hangtag Required")
• Once paving has been completed and has cured sufficiently, traffic control signs will be removed and traffic will be returned to normal on 10th Street.