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Woodbury transportation update: Valley Creek, Interlochen, Central Park access and force‑main delay affecting Eastview Road
Summary
City transportation staff reported progress and timing on several projects including Valley Creek Road, Interlochen Parkway, Pioneer Drive, Central Park Place work, and a Met Council force‑main project that has delayed Eastview Road work to next year.
City transportation staff reported Sept. 24 that a series of water‑treatment, pipeline and roadway projects across Woodbury are nearing completion but that some segments remain under construction and one project has been delayed by a regional utility contractor.
Chris Hartsell, presenting the transportation report, said most 2025 construction is tied to a water‑treatment plant and associated pipeline work. Hartsell reported Interlochen Parkway and Pioneer Drive work (Valley Creek Road to Juniper Lane) are open to traffic where possible, and that work such as water‑main installation and road building is in later stages of restoration and punch list work.
Hartsell said westbound Valley Creek Road from Interlochen Parkway to Tower Drive would open “late next week,” with intermittent lane and shoulder closures continuing into October. He also described the Central Park Place work adjacent to the new Central Park facility; the road will see intermittent closures during pavement and finish work but staff said access to Central Park will be maintained. The city plans a soft opening of Central Park on Oct. 1.
Eastview Road rehabilitation, Hartsell added, is delayed to 2026 because the Met Council’s force‑main project in the same corridor has been postponed; Hartsell said starting roadway work before the Met Council project is complete would risk rework. He also highlighted a small Woodland Drive trail project and reported multiple road segments planned for paving in October. Hartsell noted most paving contractors stop major paving work after Thanksgiving unless schedule and temperatures permit.
Hartsell closed with a lighter update: the city’s street‑sweeper naming contest (sponsored by the South Washington Watershed District) is live and staff encouraged residents to vote; watershed‑funded sweeping helps remove phosphorus and other pollutants from stormwater, he said.
Staff said they will coordinate neighborhood communications for construction impacts and follow up with councilmembers on outstanding traffic signal and lane‑closure questions raised during the meeting.
