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Public works: 180 Fifth Street nearing August opening; county road roundabout set for September
Summary
City staff told the Lakeville City Council on July 20 that the 180 Fifth Street project is roughly 40% complete and expected to open by August, the County Road 50/Hamburg roundabout is expected to open in September, and multiple water, sewer and environmental projects are underway.
Lakeville’s public works director delivered the city’s second-quarter report at the July 20 council meeting, outlining progress on street, utility, environmental and facility projects.
The director said the 180 Fifth Street project (County Road 50 to Ayapava) is about 40% complete and that crews paved the intersection at Ayapava and a portion of the base course; staff remain hopeful the corridor will be open to traffic by August if weather does not cause additional delays.
Construction on the County Road 50 and Hamburg roundabout began July 13, the director said; contractors have milled the roadway and removed concrete, and storm-sewer work is underway. That project is anticipated to open to traffic in September.
Street-reconstruction and street-rehabilitation projects are also under way, the director said. The city plans a surface-seal program covering about 19 miles of residential streets beginning Aug. 18, and a Market Street Plaza parking lot replacement is scheduled to remove tripping hazards and improve water quality; the plaza is expected to be closed about four weeks.
On utilities, staff reported roughly a 7% decrease in water production compared with June of the prior year, which the director attributed to a wet summer; he said the city had produced about 1,250,000,000 gallons of water so far this year. Well 23’s electrical building was recently installed and the project is expected to be substantially complete by August. Lift Station 26 was placed into operation on June 11, staff said, and a sewer-lining program this year rehabilitated about 2.75 miles of sewer.
Environmental work includes the East Lake invasive-species removal program; the city and the watershed district have removed more than 4,000 pounds of carp and goldfish from East Lake so far this year and nearly 7,000 pounds across the two years of the program. Curly-leaf pondweed treatments were completed earlier this year in Lake Marion and Orchard Lake, and the city plans surveys and potential grant applications to address Eurasian milfoil.
The director also reviewed forestry and Emerald Ash Borer work: staff contacted 604 properties regarding EAB, have worked with 438 properties to remove more than 600 trees, are assisting another 27 properties with removal, and 11 owners elected to treat trees. Through an EAB grant the city has removed about 55 park trees and plans to plant 110 trees this fall, plus another 60 in Aronson Park.
The director closed by describing facility projects (kiln room expansion at the Fine Arts Building, liquor-store remodeling, First Center construction and roof/landscaping work at other sites). Councilmember Rebleed asked whether pavers in the Market Street Plaza would be reused; the director said crews will salvage and reuse existing pavers where feasible and replace broken ones.
The update was informational; the council did not take action on these items at the meeting.
