Minnesota Department of Transportation

Hwy. 63 paving project open house is May 2 in Zumbro Falls

Apr 26, 2018

The public is invited to an open house Wednesday, May 2 in Zumbro Falls to learn more about the Highway 63 paving project between Rochester and Zumbro Falls, which begins next month, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Representatives of MnDOT and Croell, Inc., the MnDOT...

Overnight detours planned April 10-12 for bridge ramp demolition

Apr 4, 2018

Motorists on Highway 61 near the Highway 63/Eisenhower Bridge in Red Wing will be detoured during three nights April 10-12 as construction crews demolish the remainder of the slip ramp bridge over Highway 61, according to the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of transportation. The Highway 63/...

Pushing snow in the road could create legal trouble

Feb 7, 2018

Goodhue County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation remind the public that it is unlawful to deposit snow on or next to a public highway or street. Minnesota law and many local ordinances prohibit the plowing, blowing, shoveling or otherwise placing of snow on to public roads. This...

Public sees highway 61 plans

Dec 20, 2017

About 50 people attended an open house on the Highway 61 reconstruction project at City Hall in Lake City Dec. 14. They had the opportunity to look at two large maps of the project area that show the proposed layout of the 2020 project to reduce the highway from four lanes to three from Central...

Highway 61 open house planned for Dec. 14

Dec 6, 2017

The public will have an opportunity to view and offer feedback on the current state of the Highway 61 reconstruction project at a public open house from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at City Hall. “No formal presentation is planned. City staff, (the Minnesota Department of Transportation...

Highway resurfacing projects near Zumbro Falls slated for 2018

Nov 29, 2017

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning to resurface Hwy. 63 from the Hwy 63/75th St. NW roundabout near Rochester to the Zumbro River bridge in Zumbro Falls beginning in mid-May of 2018. The highway will be paved with concrete and four culverts across Hwy 63 will be replace...

Corps meeting highlights complexity of lakefront development

Oct 19, 2017

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Transportation, City of Lake City officials -- Lake City Mayor Mark Nichols estimates about 22 people attended a meeting at the Army Corps’ St. Paul Offices Nov. 10...

Highway 61 stormwater drains replaced

Sep 28, 2017

A Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) crew replaces a stormwater structure beneath Highway 61 in Lake City Sept. 21. It’s one of two or three MnDOT plans to replace this fall, according to MnDOT spokesperson Michael Dougherty. “The work is being done as necessary maintenance to prevent...

Wabasha County Board settles three of five union contracts

Aug 3, 2017

Following a Closed Session near the end of the Wabasha County Board meeting on July 25, County Administrator Michael Plante announced that the Wabasha County Board of Commissioners had settled collective bargaining agreements with three of the county’s five unions. All commissioners were present...

Monday morning crash injures two, closes Hwy. 63

Jul 6, 2017

Two people were injured in an early-morning collision on Highway 63 on July 3. Jared Morgan, 29, of Lake City, was taken to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester with life threatening injuries, according to the state patrol. Michelle Knudsen, 25, of St. Paul was treated at Mayo Clinic Health System in...