Street and utility improvements are coming to Medicine Lake in 2024!

About the Project

The City of Medicine Lake is being proactive in addressing its aging infrastructure that cause maintenance issues and reliability concerns. The city is making long-term public infrastructure improvements. Construction started in spring 2024.

The following are included as part of the Street and Utility Project improvements:

• Complete street rehabilitation on Peninsula Rd, Kaiser Ave, and Colonial Cir

• Watermain installation (connected to City of Plymouth system)

• New fire hydrants

• Sanitary sewer improvements

• Replacement of trail along S. Shore Drive

• Parking lot upgrades to Jevne Park

• Irrigation upgrades at Memorial Park

• And other improvements!

Explore this website to learn more about all the improvements.

NEW! Construction Updates

Updates are posted on the Construction page. Updates include detailed information on anticipated construction activities for the week.

All construction activities are paused until Spring 2025.

The contractor completed all the required construction obligations by the 2024 contract completion date of November 30, 2024, with the exception of paving the trail through Memorial Park. In light of this, the contractor agreed to plow the gravel trail all winter.

In the spring, the contractor will return to complete construction. The final completion date per contract is June 30. 2025

The remaining work consists of the following items:

• Topsoil and seeding all disturbed areas

• All “punch list” repair items. There is a fairly extensive list of repairs that need to be fixed in the spring, many of which are located on private property. Once those are completed, we hope to confirm the repairs are satisfactory to each property owner

• Landscaping and irrigation in Memorial Park

• Pave the Memorial Park trail

• Raised crosswalks

• Final signage

• Final lift of asphalt (This is typically the last thing done once all the other work is completed. Includes speed bumps. In Minnesota, asphalt plants typically do not open until mid-May, but this is entirely weather dependent.

• Final pavement striping after the pavement is completed.

Timeline

• December 2023 - Contractor bids received

• January 2024 - City Council hires contractor

• March 2024 - Public Meeting on March 18

• April 2024 - Construction starts

• Early Fall 2024 - Water service available for connection

• November 2024 – Substantially completed

• June 2025 - Final completion

Please note: This timeline and project event dates may change as needed.

For more information about construction visit the ‘Construction’ page.