Delaware Avenue Update: Finishing Touches As Project Nears Completion Date

The upcoming week's schedule for construction on Delaware Avenue by l in Mendota Heights has been released.

This is the final scheduled week of work on Delaware, set to be open before the start of the school year after Labor Day.

Work is being done between the Highway 110 frontage road and just north of Marie Avenue.

When work is complete, Delaware Avenue will be a three-lane roadway with a single lane each direction and a center left turn lane.

Workers are also installing a paved path along the west (school) side of the road.

The main entrance to the high school parking lot on Delaware is closed. Visitors and staff should use the west parking lot entrance off of Warrior Drive. Drivers can reach Warrior Drive by turning into The Village at Mendota Heights off of Dodd Road, and following the frontage road east. Access to the frontage road heading west from the intersection of Highway 110 and Delaware is also open, which can also be used to access Warrior Drive.

What's on the agenda for Aug. 26-Sept. 3? According to Dakota County, workers will:

• Place topsoil.
• Lay sod.
• Install concrete pedestrian ramps.
• Pave the final lift of asphalt on the roadway later in the week.
• Stripe the roadway.
• Take down the detour.