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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…

R.L. Larson’s two construction crews continue to work on the underground utility replacement in Phase 1, completing the replacement of the sanitary sewer mains yesterday. On Thursday afternoon, one of the crews also stubbed the sanitary sewer main out of Main Street north on Second Avenue Northeast in advance of Phase 1B, which will occur…

Construction is underway on Main Street and moving quickly. On Monday morning, removals started at the intersection of Third Avenue East and Main Street and worked to the west toward First Avenue. The existing pavement, curb and gutter, trees grates and lights were removed early this week, with completion near the intersection of First Avenue…

Activity has started on Main Street throughout the week as outlined in the last update. Early in the week, some of the signage on Highway 10 directing Truck Traffic away from downtown was setup, with final Traffic Control and Detour signage for the first phase going up on Wednesday. Some of the road closures and…

A preconstruction meeting was held with various project stakeholders on Tuesday morning. Prime contractor, R.L. Larson Excavating, outlined their preliminary plans for a start date and preliminary schedule for the first phase of construction. Next week, you will begin to see traffic control signage being placed throughout town, in advance of construction scheduled for the…