June 17, 2021

Construction continues on this year’s street improvement project. The contractor has split the project into smaller areas for coordination and scheduling:

Area 1: The Shenandoah neighborhood located east of I-694 and north of 50th Street. View area 1 map.
Area 2: The commercial industrial areas east and west of I-694, north of 4th Street and south of 10th Street. View area 2 map.
Area 3: The Oakdale Park trail from Hadley Avenue to the Discovery Center and west to Granada Avenue. View area 3 map.

The improvements include miscellaneous storm sewer/sanitary sewer/water main repairs and replacement, replacement of isolated sections of structurally damaged curb and gutter, repaving of the asphalt pavement section, installation of new street lighting, and some trail and walk improvements.

MN Paving is the contractor for this project. They have successfully completed many similar projects for the City. All project work is scheduled to be complete by early September.

Current and Planned Work

Area 1

Shenandoah Valley neighborhood located east of I-694 and north of 50th Street

Grading and preparing the gravel road base for new asphalt is happening now and will be complete by the middle of next week. Access will be provided during this, but please use caution around the work equipment and crews.
The first layer of asphalt pavement is planned to be paved starting June 23 and will take 2-3 days to complete.
The Gateway Trail connection is also being graded with excess gravel from the street area. The trail is set to be paved early the week after the street is paved. (June 28)
The lighting contractor is nearly complete with the new underground wiring system and then will install new poles starting the week of June 28, after the first layer of asphalt is placed, this will take a full week to complete.
The restoration contractor has started Irrigation repairs, this will continue through next week.

Area 2

Commercial-industrial area east of I-694, north of 4th Street and south of 10th Street

East of I-694

Isolated areas of damaged curb and gutter have been removed and replaced. The remaining Curb & Gutter in driveways and entrances that is yet to be poured will be completed early next week once the business traffic can travel across the newly poured sections.
Asphalt patching within the driveways and entrances is scheduled for tomorrow for the complete areas and late next week for the areas yet to be poured.
Reclaiming the existing asphalt roadway into gravel is scheduled for the end of next week.

West of I-694

The pipe contractor will continue with the remaining storm sewer and watermain repairs mid next week and it will take about a week to complete.

Area 3

Oakdale Park trail from Hadley Avenue to the Discovery Center and west to Granada Avenue

Work is planned to start here in early August.

As construction progresses, please use caution traveling within the project area. Also, please do not park vehicles on the street from 7 am to 7 pm within the project area unless instructed to by the contractor to accommodate driveway work. This will help the contractor to work more efficiently, and will create a safer work zone. Thank you, as always, for your ongoing patience and cooperation.

If there are any questions or comments regarding the project, please contact one of the following people:

Joe Meemken, 651-724-5588, On Site Project Representative, SEH
Brian Bachmeier, 651-730-2730, Oakdale Public Works Director/City Engineer
Todd Blank, 651-490-2017, Project Manager, SEH