City of Moorhead outlines summer 2025 neighborhood street project, assessments and utility work

Clay Lehi, an engineer with the City of Moorhead, presented an informational video describing a proposed neighborhood street construction project expected to take place in the summer of 2025. The presentation covered the city’s pavement management program, the proposed scope of work, funding and special assessments, and how residents can ask questions or sign up for updates.

Lehi said the project area’s streets were built in the mid‑1950s and early 1960s and “there really haven’t been any significant street construction projects since then.” He said many pedestrian ramps do not meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards and will be replaced; several isolated sidewalk segments and curb-and-gutter sections also are slated for replacement or repair to improve drainage. Storm sewers are in acceptable condition and no storm improvements are proposed, and sanitary mains currently do not require repairs.

The presentation identified two primary types of street work planned: a mill and overlay and rehabilitation. The mill-and-overlay work is proposed on 13th Street between 12th and 20th Avenue South and will remove and replace several…