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City staff outlines multi-year transportation plan, open houses and detour plans for Highway 97 and local projects

5609505 · February 11, 2025
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Summary

Consultant Ryan Goodman reviewed the status and timing of several major transportation projects affecting Forest Lake: Eureka Avenue and trail work, North Shore Trail, Broadway Avenue maintenance, Highway 97 multi-year reconstruction, and related public open houses.

Ryan Goodman, a consultant with Bolton, told the council the city is coordinating multiple transportation projects across several years and provided an update on project timing, permitting and community outreach.

Goodman said the Eureka Avenue project is in a holding pattern because easement documents submitted to the Department of Natural Resources remain under federal review; that review can take more than a year. If the federal review stays within a year, the project would advertise for construction and place surcharge work on the widened area in 2026, with main construction targeted for 2027 and coordinated with the…

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