508 South State Street � Waseca, Minnesota 56093-3033
507-835-9700 � FAX 507-835-8871 � www.ci.waseca.mn.us
November 10, 2017
Old TH 14/Elm Avenue Weekly Construction Updates – Week 22
The City of Waseca and its project partners intend to send out and publish a weekly construction update on the Old TH
14/Elm Avenue Reconstruction Project. This weekly update will be issued through the weekly City of Waseca City
Manager’s City Limits report available at the City’s website www.ci.waseca.mn.us , the Project website
http://ci.waseca.mn.us/old-trunk-hwy-14elm-avenue-updates/ and is published online via the Waseca County News.
Questions about the contents of the weekly updates or about the project in general can be directed to the City’s
contracted consulting engineer Joe Palen, Project Manager with Stantec at either 507.529.6036 or
[email protected] or Mark DuChene, Waseca City Engineer at either 507.835.9716 or [email protected]
Additionally, project representatives have set aside time every Thursday from 12:30-1:00 pm to be available at Waseca
City Hall, 508 South State St, Waseca, MN 56093 to answer questions. No appointment is necessary and if this time
doesn’t work, please contact either Mr. Palen or Mr. DuChene to set up a meeting at a mutually convenient time.
November 16, 2017 will be the last day of scheduled office hours for the 2017 construction season. Office hours for
the 2018 construction season will be announced in the spring as construction gets close to resuming.
If there is an emergency within the construction limits outside of normal business hours please call 507.835.9718 and
the 24 hour answering service will contact the appropriate parties.
Previous Week Review 11/4/17-11/10/17
Work on the eastern phase of the project between 13th St SE and 3rd St SE saw the remaining connecting street
intersections between 10th St and 3rd St get the final lifts of bituminous pavement installed and the contractor started
paving temporary bituminous driveways and sidewalks. See note below about temporary surfacing.
Work on the western phase primarily included finishing construction of the trunk storm sewer outlet to Loon Lake and
some concrete intersection paving at the Lake Street intersection. Gravel shouldering and some ditch restoration also
started. See note below about temporary surfacing.
Next Week Look Ahead 11/11/17-11/17/17
The contractors focus for the next few weeks will be on cleaning the construction site and installing temporary surfacing
to prepare the project area for winter suspension. Crews will continue grading out boulevards and sweeping streets and
cleaning storm sewers. Due to the recent string of colder weather, concrete paving on the western portion of the
project will not be completed and a temporary bituminous surface will be constructed for westbound traffic between 8th
St NW and Lake Street.
Note About Temporary Surfacing On both the eastern and western portions on the project.
Due to the weather, a temporary cover seed and mulch will be applied to exposed soil areas for the winter. These
areas will be sodded next year once sod is ready and the weather allows. There are sidewalk panels and driveways
that were removed earlier as part of the project to facilitate utility and road construction but, due to the current
weather will not get replaced this year with concrete. All areas that had bituminous, concrete and/or paver surfacing
will be restored this year with a temporary bituminous surfacing. This surfacing will be removed next year once
construction resumes and the final concrete surfacing installed.
Traffic Control/Detour Notes
It is anticipated that the entire project corridor will be open to through traffic again by November 23rd, 2017.
During the duration of the project and through the entire project limits which extend from the western City limits (west
of Brown Avenue) to the eastern City limits (east of Clear Lake Drive), thru traffic (traffic traveling to/from Mankato and
Owatonna directions) will be detoured off Old TH 14 on the east side at NW 92nd Ave/CSAH 18 near Meriden and on the
west side at 110th St/CSAH 27. Portions of Old TH 14 within the project limits may be signed “Road Open to Local
Traffic” or something similar. Please keep in mind that “local traffic/access” is defined as having direct access on Old TH
14, or having business with someone or a business who has direct access on Old TH 14. If you do not fall into either of
these two categories, you should not be on Old TH 14 within the project limits at any time. Travel on Old TH 14 within
the project limits should take place only when there is no other possible alternative.
An updated local alternative access map is attached showing proposed access routes based on the following week’s
proposed construction activities. Note this map is intended to be updated weekly as construction progresses and every
effort will be made to keep this map updated and as accurate as possible, but construction activities may require
alterations to access routes before a new map is sent out. An interactive copy of this map is also available at:
https://wasecacity.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicInformation/index.html?appid=56178b878ee64926be6fd7be5f6e4460
Project Area West of TH 13
Old TH 14 will have a road closure from 6th St NW to Lake Street/Experiment Station Road; however, access to the Vista
Villa Mobile Home Community; Veterans Landing and impacted residential properties will be maintained via temporary
roadway configurations.
Two-Way access to HWY 14W Mini-Storage, Deml Ford, Waseca Chrysler, Rent N’ Save and Vista Villa will remain open
from the west project limits on the new concrete pavement and from the Lake Street/Experiment Station Road
intersection as well. Please pay close attention to the signage on site and drive slow as there will still be some work to
be completed in these areas even after they are open to traffic. The intersection of Brown Avenue and Old TH 14 will
remain closed.
In order to accommodate concrete paving operations, access to Veterans Landing will be from the west via the Lake
Street intersection. Access to properties east of Veterans’ Landing including, Waseca Mutual Building, Latham Place,
Lakeshore Inn, and residential will be provided from the east only. Please review the attached detailed access map and
pay close attention to signage.
See attached maps for alternative access routes to/from town, as well as business access routes. The interactive traffic
map indicated above will be updated with the road closures when they occur.
Project Area East of TH 13
Old TH 14 will remain a hard road closure from 3rd St East to 13th St SE. Residents may access their properties through
the road closure as construction activities and site conditions allow. The contractor will make reasonable efforts to
provide access to residential driveways between the hours of 7pm and 7am. However, residents with newly poured,
curb and gutter, concrete driveways and sidewalk should reframe for driving over the concrete for 7 days following its
initial placement. Please note that the road sections under construction are closed to non-local traffic and local traffic
may enter the closed road sections to access their properties at the property owner’s risk. If a property owner has
questions about whether or not they should drive in the construction area or needs accommodations for service work,
etc., the property owner should make contact with the project team or onsite construction worker to discuss their
access needs. Intersections on Old TH 14 between 3rd St E and 11th St SE will be reopening for traffic crossing Old TH 14
except when the contractor is paving the final bituminous lifts in the intersection. Access to Barney’s Drive In, Lodging
at Lake Aire, Memorial Park, Maplewood and Kiesler’s Campground is open from the east on Old TH 14 or from the west
via 13th St SE to Old TH 14.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Even though portions of the roadway are constructed though a gravel or concrete surface
and vehicle access conditions are improving, the roadway is still an active construction site and there are numerous
obstacles such as manholes, valve boxes and construction equipment and materials that extend above the gravel or
sit upon the concrete surface in the roadway and drivers need to pay attention to and avoid these obstacles. Please
drive slowly and pay careful attention if you are driving in the construction area.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR HOMEOWNERSS ABOUT WINTER SUSPENSION OF THE PROJECT AND HOW TO CARE
FOR NEW CONCRETE:
1. All turf areas disturbed by construction this year will be seeded with a temporary winter seed mix and mulch
to provide some vegetative cover in the spring to help prevent as much erosion as possible. These areas will
be final graded and receive sod as part of the 2018 construction season.
2. Paved driveways and sidewalks that were removed as part of the 2017 construction season that do not get
the permanent concrete surfacing installed this year will be paved with a temporary bituminous surfacing for
the winter. These temporary pavements will be removed in 2018 and the permanent concrete surfacing
installed then.
3. For property owners with new concrete sidewalk and/or driveways on/adjacent to their properties, please
LIMIT YOUR SALT USAGE during this first winter as much as possible. These new concrete surface are still
considered very “green” and are much more susceptible to damage from salt usage than concrete that has
been inplace for a couple of years. Limiting salt usage the first year or two on new concrete greatly improves
the chances of the concrete maintaining a nicer condition for a longer period of time. The City appreciates
your help in protecting everyone’s investment in this new roadway.
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Disclaimer: The data represented on this document isneither a legally recorded map nor a survey, and isintended for reference purposes only. The informationpresented has not been verified and neither the Cityof Waseca, nor its employees or agents makes anyrepresentation to the accuracy of the features anddata presented here within. This map was createdthrough the use of several city, county, state andfederal data sources. For specific informationregarding this map, or to report errors or omissions,contact the City of Waseca Engineering Department.
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