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Council approves plans, schedules hearing for 2025 street and utility improvements after debate over 50 Seventh Street
Summary
Lake Elmo council accepted a feasibility report, approved final plans and specifications, and called a May 6 improvement hearing for the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements project after residents and engineers debated whether to include a section of 50 Seventh Street in the work.
The Lake Elmo City Council voted to accept the feasibility report, approve final plans and specifications, and call a public improvement hearing for the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements project on March 18, setting the hearing for May 6 and authorizing staff to advertise for bids.
The vote followed more than an hour of public comments and council discussion focused on whether to include a roughly 50 Seventh Street section in the project. Residents who live on that block urged the council to remove that segment from the project, arguing the roadway still has useful life and should not face assessments now. City engineering staff and two council members with engineering experience said subsurface testing shows the pavement and base are deficient and that delaying reconstruction likely would require a more expensive full reconstruction later.
The matter mattered to residents because assessments…
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