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Isanti council flags truck-parking, jurisdiction and cost questions for Town's Edge/Railroad Avenue project

Isanti City Council · August 20, 2025
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Summary

At a May work session, Isanti City leaders questioned a plan to move curb and add sidewalk along Railroad Avenue and discussed Town's Edge Road timing, jurisdictional splits, a $637,721 CIP figure and a possible $140,000 widening option; staff will return with public-works details.

Isanti City council members pressed staff for more detailed plans and cost trade-offs for a proposed Railroad Avenue curb-and-sidewalk reconstruction and for Town's Edge Road during a budget work session.

The council discussed a staff plan to reconstruct the east curb line of Railroad Avenue and install a sidewalk from the old curb to the new line while leaving the west curb untouched. Council members raised safety concerns tied to frequent semi-truck parking along the street, saying parked semis routinely use the painted lane and that moving the curb inward…

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