road projects

Summer means roadwork in Stearns County, and there’s plenty happening. Get ready for some changes on our daily routes.

Sartell is buzzing with news! A new hotel is on the horizon, and it's just waiting for the right moment to reveal its secrets.

The westside reconstruct project is the major street project that will happen in the city of Sartell starting this spring. Sartell Mayor Ryan Fitzthum joined me on WJON. He says this has been planned for about a decade and will take place beginning as early as late March.

The east side of St. Cloud has been the center of this summer's road construction projects. St. Cloud Public Services Director Tracy Hodel joined me on WJON for an update on the progress of these projects and more.

Sartell doesn't have any major road projects planned for 2024 but Mayor Ryan Fitzthum indicates 2025 will be a different story. He says in 2025 they are planning the westside reconstruct which is the area by the high school football field, Dezurik area, and this includes some of the oldest roads and infrastructure in the community.

St. Cloud has many road projects in progress. St. Cloud Public Services Director Tracy Hodel joined me on WJON for an update. She indicates the Cooper Avenue South project to Traverse road is on schedule and should open in October.

Stearns County Commissioners Joe Perske, Tarryl Clark and Steve Notsch spent some time in Washington D.C. this week at the National Association of County Legislators conference.

Sartell is finishing up some road work projects this summer/fall. One of which is the celebration alleyway project and the other bigger project is the east side streets project. Work on the east side streets project has been hampered by large amounts of rain.

It's the time of year when the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization is seeking road project requests from area cities and counties in Central Minnesota. It's your chance to share with your municipality any road construction projects you think deserve a piece of the $3,120,000 in federal funding.

Jostling has begun among Minnesota cities, counties and state government agencies to get road projects, nature trails, amphitheaters, prison repairs and much more into a public-works borrowing plan.