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City engineer reviews 2024 projects: wastewater under budget, downtown streetscape delayed, solid‑waste transfer station faces wind‑damage delays
Summary
City Engineer Brett Runde presented a comprehensive 2024 project update: the SRF-funded wastewater facility closed under budget, Dakota Avenue downtown streetscape work remains incomplete into spring, and the Solid Waste Transfer Station suffered wind damage and is several months behind schedule.
City Engineer Brett Runde gave the commission a wide-ranging update on the city’s 2024 engineering portfolio, summarizing completed projects, those still underway and items that will extend into 2025.
Runde said the 2021 wastewater treatment facility improvements (an SRF-funded project) is complete and the project closeout occurred after a DANR (state) final walkthrough. The project had a budget of $14,900,000, and Runde reported approximately $14,400,000 in final spending, describing the project as functionally complete and operating.
On downtown work, Runde described the 2023 Dakota Avenue streetscape and roadway project as particularly disruptive to businesses this year. Water-main replacement from…
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