May 29, 2025 Update

Remember businesses are open and accessible. With construction comes noise, dust, traffic congestion and other construction related issues. Thanks for your patience as the project continues full speed ahead.

The contractor started piling driving steel supports for the new Highway 100 bridge this week. This work will be noisy and conducted during normal working hours. They also started crushing / recycling old street pavement to use on the project. Better to recycle onsite than to haul the material offsite and haul in new material. This will also be noisy.

Traffic has increased along Eden Avenue due to the detour route. It does get congested. Please allow extra time to get to your appointments. Please note that during morning and afternoon school pick-up times, Eden Avenue gets very busy. Alternate routes may be another option during those peak times. Also be considerate of your fellow drivers trying to enter Eden Avenue but more importantly pedestrians. There are people walking and biking in the crosswalks. State law requires drivers to yield to those individuals. Safety is a priority for all involved. Please be patient.

There have been some changes to traffic management on Highway 100 without the city knowing. We are working with our project partners to ensure the information we provide is accurate. The weekend closure detour route was adjusted from Excelsior Blvd to Highway 394. And short-term lane closures occurred Tuesday morning. A MnDOT functional group made the decision without consulting the project team. We are working with our MnDOT representatives to better understand what is occurring.