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Lake Elmo council approves amended comments on Washington County five-year CIP, urges preservation of Keats turn lane and utility sleeve

Lake Elmo City Council · November 6, 2025
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Summary

The Lake Elmo City Council approved an amended comment letter to Washington County's draft Capital Improvement Plan, urging earlier pedestrian and intersection work tied to a new elementary school, retention of the eastbound Trunk Highway 36 to southbound Keats right-turn lane, and consideration of an under-rail utility sleeve for future sewer extension.

Lake Elmo, Minn.

The Lake Elmo City Council approved an amended comment letter to Washington County on its draft five-year Capital Improvement Plan, asking the county to consider reprioritizing projects that affect new school access and to preserve local access and utility options on state and county corridors.

The amended letter, authorized for submission before the county deadline, asks the county and state to retain the eastbound Trunk Highway 36 to southbound Keats right-turn lane rather than removing it, and requests that a pipe sleeve be placed beneath the Union Pacific railroad crossing where practicable so a future sewer line could be installed without repeated railroad…

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