Highway 210 in The Brainerd Lakes area is getting a new look. Right now all I can see are flagmen and lines of cars. Already completed construction includes the removal of existing curb, gutter and sidewalks from between the Mississippi River Bridge and South 6th Street/Business 371. The drainage catch basins are rebuilt, lighting standards installed and curb and gutters are finished.
The sidewalks will be going down next, then loop detectors which control traffic signal operations on the abutting side streets.
Paving the S 6th Street to the bridge segment started in June. All work progress is based on the weather according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
The second segment of the project, according to Paul Koenig, MN DOT project supervisor, will be the area between SE 13th Street,/Crow Wing County Road 45 and the Southbound leg of Highway 25. Motorists should be prepared for delays and sudden stops.
On Highway 210 at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport, the crews will begin construction on the new center left turn lanes near the entrance of the airport. On Highway 210 at the Lum Park entrance the outside lane of westbound traffic will remain closed in the Lum Park area, in Northeast Brainerd, as crews continue widening the highway shoulders.
All projects are expected to be complete by Labor Day and that is when all the traffic decreases also!
To find information on the weather, road conditions , and traffic incidents, anyone can call 511 or log onto www.511mn.org. To get e-mails on project updates and the Highway 210 construction go to MN DOT project updates.
Instructions are posted on how to subscribe to the e-mail project updates.
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