Minnesota Department of Transportation
More temporary stop signs appear on High Street
Jul 1, 2020
The City of Lake City has placed temporary stop signs on North High Street at the intersections of two streets used to access downtown during Highway 61 construction.
Stop signs previously placed at the intersection of High Street and Chestnut Street remain in place.
The new signs are intended to...
New road, new detour, new traffic concerns on city streets
Jun 24, 2020
The northern section of the Highway 61 reconstruction project has reopened to traffic, significantly shortening the posted detour for motorists travelling between Red Wing and Lake City.
Prior to the reopening late last week, northbound Highway 61 traffic took Lakewood Avenue to 10th Street and on...
Stretch of highway could reopen by this weekend
Jun 17, 2020
By the time you read this, it might be possible to take a left off of Grant Street onto Highway 61 and get to Hok-Si-La and parts north for the first time in months.
From the weekly Highway 61 reconstruction project update meeting Tuesday came the news that the northern stretch of the project...
Paving underway on both ends of highway project
Jun 11, 2020
Pavement has come to areas of the Highway 61 reconstruction project in Lake City.
Trucks filled with asphalt unloaded one by one ahead of a machine that fixed the material into place along the northern end of the project and the first few blocks of the southern end Tuesday.
At Tuesday’s project...
Detour tweaks continue, utility work expands on Highway 61
May 13, 2020
Officials reported continued efforts to route traffic in and around Lake City during the Highway 61 reconstruction project weekly update meeting Tuesday, May 12.
Chestnut Street emerged as the preferred route into downtown Lake City for many drivers, leading to concerns and a few minor accidents...
Utility work underway downtown
May 6, 2020
Steve Brown of Lake City took this photo looking almost straight down into a crater-like hole at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Marion Street where workers were placing utilities this week. Brown has flown his drone since the beginning of the project to track its progress from above.
Downtown work goes underground
May 6, 2020
At the weekly Highway 61 reconstruction project progress report Tuesday, Dick Swenke, Rochester Sand and Gravel’s public information coordinator, provided an update on the work that took place last week and what’s coming in the week ahead.
On the north end of the project between Central Point Road...
More detour modifications on the way
May 6, 2020
A semi tractor-trailer became stuck and needed a tow early Monday morning at the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Territorial Road.
According to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office, it was the second incident involving semis in that area since the Stage 1 detour went into effect for the Highway...
Stage 1 on April 27
Apr 30, 2020
Steve Brown of Lake City took this aerial photo of the Stage 1 area of the Highway 61 reconstruction project on April 27. At the weekly update meeting the next morning, Rochester Sand and Gravel public information officer Dick Swenke said all of the pavement had been milled and the concrete removed...
Detour sparks confusion, concern
Apr 30, 2020
With road construction taking place along two stretches of Highway 61 in Lake City, officials have fielded complaints of inadequate signage and extra traffic on city streets from drivers short-cutting the marked detours.
Traffic increased along North High Street and South Oak Street, including...
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