CH 42 & TH 13 Construction Update Public Open House April 26, 2018 Project Partners: Scott County City of Prior Lake City of Savage MnDOT
Purpose of Meeting - Agenda Project Overview What is Construction Staging? WHY ARE WE HERE??? Construction Staging for this Project Next Steps for Communication
Vicinity Map
Project Improvements 3 New traffic signals with Flashing Yellow Arrows (Removing “Temporary” Signals) Additional left turn lanes on CH 42 at TH 13 New paved trail on south side of CH 42 New sidewalk on north side of CH 42 Drainage improvements, including ponding New Right Turn Lanes at Quebec, Rhode Island, Harbor Place, and Rutgers New Roadway Pavement
What is Construction Staging?
Balancing Act
The Why & How?? WHY HOW TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES Record Breaking April Weather Major Utility Relocations HOW TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES Project partners deliberated options Impacts, future projects, viable detours, safety and cost Developed a new staging plan
Original Staging Plan
Revised Staging Plan
Construction Staging Summary Start Construction: April 2018 Substantial Completion: November 2018 TH 13: 4 lanes open to traffic during construction CH 42: First two stages will stay the same (one lane in each direction) Stage 3: CH 42 will close from TH 13 to Quebec Stage 4: CH 42 will close from Rutgers to TH 13
Construction Staging Overview link to staging layouts
Stage 3: East Detour
Stage 4: West Detour
We need your help and support! Anticipated Concerns Access Business/Residents Detours Posted/Others School Bus Routes Managing Chaos Through Communication We need your help and support!
Communication Plan We need your help! Public Open House Flyer Mailing Newspaper Article Article in County “Scene” Google Maps Construction Signage County website updates at https://www.scottcountymn.gov/Roads We need your help!
Scott County Contact Information Jake Balk, Construction Manager 952-496-8436 jbalk@co.scott.mn.us Curt Kobilarcsik, Assistant County Engineer 952-496-8345 ckobilarcsik@co.scott.mn.us