50th Street and Grange Rd Improvements

Precipitation in Edina for May and early June has been well above normal. This has been a good thing related to the last two years of drought conditions but it is impacting street reconstruction projects. It has been too wet to complete any work on 50^th Street & Grange Road during the week of June 17. Watermain was scheduled for the week of June 17. That work has been pushed to the week of June 24. Its nearly impossible to dig trenches 7-8-ft deep to replace watermain or other underground pipes when its raining this much. We continue to hope for some dry weather to keep this project on schedule. Thanks for the patience.

Thanks for the notes, emails and phone calls. Monday was the first day of the closure and adjustments to signage to better inform the public are happening. The first week of any road closure is the worst. The project will take most of the summer to complete. It is updating underground water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer pipes, installing wide sidewalks, medians and a new traffic signal. These surface improvements will improve the safety for all users. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The 50^th Street and Grange Road Street Reconstruction Project is scheduled to start June 10. The project limits from Grange Rd from 50^th St to the City Hall west entrance and 50^th St from Grange Rd to just east of Dale Dr. 50^th St and Grange Rd will be closed to traffic. Eden Avenue will be open to traffic. The northbound off-ramp and northbound on-ramp on Grange will be open during much of the project. Westbound 50^th St will be detoured north at France Ave to Excelsior Blvd to Highway 100. Thanks

The project requires adjustments to some of the private utilities such as power poles and related underground utilities. The private utility companies will be starting this work soon. The work will occur in April and May before the contractor starts major work. Look for lane shifts in the area. Road closures should not be needed until the city project starts this summer. Thanks

We recently opened bids on the project along 50th Street and Grange Road for construction summer 2024. We received very competitive pricing. S.M. Hentges was the low bidder. This contractor also completed the roundabouts at Eden and Arcadia & both at Eden and Grange over the past few years. We will soon be meeting with them to develop a project schedule. The project is scheduled for construction during the summer months. A more formal schedule will be shared when available. There will be a local detour and a project detour. These maps are in the documents area of this website. Thanks, Chad Millner, City Engineer.

The 50^th Street and Grange Road Street Reconstruction Project design is nearly complete. 90% plans are being reviewed to ensure they are consistent with city standards and the East Grandview Transportation Study. Staff has been meeting with specific area residents working out project related details. The residents have been great and in most cases willing to provide additional easements for sidewalks. This will make the project better by allowing wider sidewalks that will feel safer. We appreciate the their willingness to work with us to make the pedestrian network better. Signed construction plans will be posted for bidding soon with an anticipated bid opening of March 8.

The Eden and Grange Roundabouts are complete. This page is transitioning to the 50th Street and Grange Rd Improvements scheduled for 2024. We've changed the title of the page and introduction graphic. Updates on that specific project will be found here.

The intersection project is substantially complete. Most construction operations have been completed. The project has a warranty period over the next two years. The contractor is required to maintain new landscaping and trees and near the end of the warranty period replace items that did not hold up or did not meet project requirements. A railing will be installed on top of the retaining wall near the new sidewalk. Railings have a long fabrication time. Those will be installed later this winter or spring. Thanks to everyone for their patience as we closed a very busy intersection for the summer. Thanks. Chad Millner, City Engineer.

The installation of two roundabouts, sidewalks, and other infrastructure is nearing completion. Staff has communicated and required the contractor re-open the intersection before Monday, August 28 for the first day of school. This is going to happen with some modifications.

The contractor informed us yesterday that they need a couple more weeks to finish everything. We held steady that the intersection needs to open for school operations. We are requiring the contractor to have the intersection open during the AM and PM peak school times. Other times of the day they could close portions of the intersection to continue work. They also intend to utilize Saturdays and maybe overnights to finish.

We told them they could do partial closures between 8:45 am and 2 pm & between 3:30 pm and 9 pm.

The project is also processing well. The goal for the project was to re-open by Monday, August 28 for the first day of school. It appears that is going to happen. There has been a last minute utility conflict with the sidewalk on the south side of Eden Avenue between the MnDOT bridge and the first roundabout. This sidewalk and boulevard area work at this location may occur after the street is open to traffic if this conflict can’t be corrected very soon.