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With the shortened work week, construction has been limited to a few of the subcontractors on the project. On Monday morning, Central Specialties began the construction of the first course of bituminous pavement on Phases 2 & 3. The two-inch course of pavement was constructed over the course of Monday and Tuesday morning along with…

Progress continues along Main Street with activities primarily focused on Phases 2 and 3. On Monday, Knife Lake Concrete arrived in town and has placing concrete all week. Over the course of the week, they have constructed sidewalk and driveways working their way west from Fourth Avenue West toward the intersection of County Highways 34…

Although the rain early this week slowed some of the construction activities on the project, the concrete crew was still able to begin constructing the curb and gutter on Phases 2 and 3 starting yesterday. Ottertail Aggregate has been the busiest subcontractor in town over the course of the week, with boulevard grading occurring east…

What a change in eight weeks! This week Phase 1 was opened to traffic for the Turtle Fest activities. In the past eight weeks, R.L. Larson and their crew of subcontractors completed the utility replacement and the majority of the surface improvements through the first four blocks of the project, allowing the phase to be…

With three phases of construction underway, activities are occurring on all ends of Main Street. On the west end of Main Street, R.L. Larson is nearing completion on the watermain replacement from Seventh Avenue to the intersection of County Highways 34 and 51. Early this week, they made a tie-in to the existing watermain beneath…

A shortened week with the holiday and the rains have slowed some of the improvements on Main Street, but the number of crews working in town has allowed the project to progress. Over the course of the week, R.L. Larson, Ottertail Aggregate, Parsons Electric, Aqua Lawn, Central Specialties, and Knife Lake Concrete have all been…

Rain, rain, go away… Although work has progressed on Main Street over the course of the past week, the rain has impacted some of the activities that were planned to be completed. Early this week, Knife Lake Concrete worked on the installation of sidewalk on the easterly portion of Phase 1 (Third to Fifth Avenue)…

Over the course of the past week, work has continued on Phases 1 and 2 on the Main Street Project. On Phase 1, Ottertail Aggregate has completed the last of the removals of sidewalk and pavers and has been hauling aggregate to the site preparing for the upcoming concrete and bituminous pavement improvements. Knife Lake…

Even with the rain early this week, construction has continued on Main Street. R.L. Larson’s two construction crews finished the underground water, sewer, and storm sewer on Phase 1. Yesterday, one of the crews shifted to Phase 2, the portion of Main Street from Fourth to Sixth Avenue West. The crew started the sanitary sewer…