Another road construction project in central Minnesota gets underway Monday, July 23rd and it will have commuters looking for alternate routes to and from work for the next several weeks.
The Stearns County Highway Department will hold an open house meeting tomorrow to gather input on County Road 4 improvement plans. The county plans to rebuild the road between County Roads 2 and 3 in either 2013 or 2014.
The major construction project known as the West Metro Corridor project is nearing completion. Westbound traffic will be shifted to the westbound lanes late tomorrow morning. Eastbound traffic will remain in the eastbound lanes.
After a year of lane restrictions, road closures, and traffic jams, the West Metro Corridor project in northwest St. Cloud is nearing completion. A wetter than normal summer threatened the project's completion date, but the project engineer says a dry September saved the project from spilling over into next year.
Weather delayed the Veterans Drive closure overnight Wednesday. Veterans Drive will now be closed starting at 7:00 tonight and the road will re-open at approximately 7:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Veterans Drive will be closed overnight tomorrow (Wednesday) as part of the West Metro Corridor project. Workers will be installing the final storm sewer connection across eastbound Veterans Drive.
The Stearns County Engineer's Office says Veterans Drive will be closed again Thursday night into Friday morning. Veterans Drive will be closed from 7:00 p.m. Thursday until 7:00 a.m. Friday for sewer and water crossings