road construction

Work on Wabasha County Hwy. 26 begins May 9

May 4, 2022

Road work on Wabasha County Highway 26 from Winona County line to approximately Minnesota Highway 74 in Weaver is planned to begin May 9, according ot the Wabasha County Highway Department. Road work will include pulverization (reclamation) of existing asphalt and resurfacing with asphalt...

Tree clearing begins ahead of Hwy. 60 construction project

Mar 23, 2022

Motorists on Hwy. 60 will see crews begin tree clearing work between Hwy. 52 and Hwy. 63 as they prepare for the Hwy. 60 improvements project, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Temporary lane closures may occur with flaggers directing traffic. Work is scheduled to be...

Wabasha Co. board seeks bids on County Road 5 culvert replacement

Feb 9, 2022

The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners discussed zoning enforcement cases in a closed session that followed their regular meeting on February 1. Zoning Administrator Kevin Krause was present for this part of the meeting. All Commissioners were present, along with Wabasha County Administrator...

Truck tips over at construction site

Jun 16, 2021

A semi tractor-trailer was laying on its side Tuesday, June 8, in the construction site next to Highway 61 where the new multi-use trail from Central Point Road to Hok-Si-La is being built. Details about the incident are few. The Lake City Police Department reported that it didn’t receive a call...

Prepping for trail

May 26, 2021

Traffic cones and other changes have come to the stretch of Highway 61 between Central Point Road and the Hok-Si-La Park entrance. Construction of a multi-use trail between the two points officially begins June 1, according to Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen, but some minor tree...

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...

Road work beginning on County Rds. 4, 18

May 6, 2020

Road work is planned to begin today (May 7) on County Hwy. 18 west of Kellogg to prepare aggregate surface for asphalt paving which is planned to begin May 11. Road work on County Hwy. 4 between approximately 4 miles north of Plainview to Minnesota Highway 60 is planned to begin approximately May...

Road construction coming to Weaver

Apr 1, 2020

Road construction on Minnesota Hwy. 74 and Wabasha County Hwy. 26 in Weaver is planned to begin this week. Hwy. 74 and County Hwy. 26 will be closed to all traffic beginning approximately Friday April 3. The road closure is expected to last approximately five weeks. Construction progress is...

Passing lanes north of city planned in 2023

Feb 26, 2020

The Minnesota Department of Transportation plans to add passing lanes on sections of Highway 61 between Lake City and Red Wing during a mill-and-overlay project in 2023, according to a MnDOT spokesperson. Michael Dougherty said passing lanes will be added in several places, but exactly where is...

Storm water system arrives for Highway 61 ‘pre-project’ work

Jan 29, 2020

Construction on the Highway 61 reconstruction project officially begins in April. But as these sections of stormwater pipe at Gold Star Mothers Park and trees gone missing along the route attest, things are already changing. According to the official Lake City Highway 61 Reconstruct Project...