Utility Locates Week of October 28
Utilities will be out locating their services along Grand Avenue from Fairview Avenue to Snelling Avenue during the week of October 28. Expect to see small colored flags and spray paint on the street, sidewalk, and in the boulevard. The locates are beginning done to facilitate the sewer work this year and help plan for next year's work. Locates do not indicate where construction activities will occur this fall.
Construction Schedule Update, October 16, 2024
The contractor is scheduling their construction work on Grand Avenue in 2024. A start date has not yet been determined.
All construction work is weather permitting and subject to contractor availability.
Tree removals:
Forestry staff worked with the project staff to identify and mark trees for removal between Cambridge Street and Snelling Avenue.
Trees are removed for various reasons including, their current health and expected lifespan, location in relation to buried utilities, and anticipated impact from nearby construction to their roots.
Tree removals are scheduled to occur between Cambridge Street and Snelling Avenue in November.
Sanitary sewer work:
Sanitary sewer work is anticipated to include:
Rebuilding utility street access points (manholes)
Private sanitary sewer service lines and connections in the right of way (from sewer main to property line)
Sanitary sewer work will likely occur throughout the Grand Avenue corridor, except between Macalester Street and Snelling Avenue.
Properties impacted by sanitary sewer service work will be notified by the contractor. The contractor will work directly with property owners to discuss sanitary sewer impacts and schedules.
Sanitary sewer service work typically takes half a day to a day to do. While the contractor is working on the sanitary sewer service for the property, people will not be able to flush toilets or use sink drains.
Sanitary sewer work will include digging holes in the boulevard, curb, and parking lanes. These holes will be patched with asphalt.
Any sanitary sewer work not completed this year, will be done in 2025.
Investigative trenching and potholing, in the right of way, will involve excavations in specific locations to confirm underground infrastructure and utilities and assist in finalizing construction plans. There will be investigative work on the block between Macalester Street and Snelling Avenue and possibly in other locations.
Water valve work may occur at the Fairview Avenue intersection in November, pending coordination with MnDOT on their Snelling Avenue construction and weather permitting.
Traffic impacts:
Grand Avenue should remain open to traffic throughout the 2024 work.
Lane shifts and parking restrictions will likely be in place.
Two-way traffic will be maintained with traffic control.
Please follow all posted signs, including No Parking signs.
Grand Avenue will be open to traffic throughout the winter once the 2024 construction is completed.
MnDOT work on Snelling Avenue is ongoing and scheduled to be completed this year.
