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Board approves County Highway 15 improvements, awards $4.56 million contract and OKs partnerships
Summary
The Washington County Board of Commissioners approved a budget amendment, awarded a $4,564,713.95 construction contract and authorized agreements with West Lakeland Township and Valley Branch Watershed District to proceed with County Highway 15 improvements in the Lake Elmo corridor.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners approved multiple actions to advance the County Highway 15 roadway improvement project in Lake Elmo, West Lakeland Township and Baytown Township, including a budget amendment, award of a low construction bid and agreements with local partners.
Public Works project manager Mike Klein told the board the project (County Road/Bridge 2684) includes pavement rehabilitation, added center left‑turn lanes at four intersections, conversion of Eighteenth Street to a cul‑de‑sac, replacement of signs and pavement markings, and resurfacing a short stretch of trail. Design work considered a future corridor widening; staff said permanent stormwater ponds were not feasible on the corridor because soils were unsuitable and pond sites would conflict with a future widening. Instead, staff negotiated a memorandum of understanding with Valley Branch Watershed District to fund part of the…
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