Sept. 4, 2025 Update

Business Outreach: The City is launching a campaign called “Worth the Detour Edina” to encourage residents and visitors to continue shopping, dining and supporting businesses in Grandview and 50th & France. Our goal is to keep energy and attention on the districts while reminding the community that shopping local matters. Businesses, please fill out a short online form at EdinaMN.gov/BusinessSupport as soon as possible if your willing to participate. The City’s role in this effort is to promote and amplify businesses through communication and marketing. Explore Edina is generously funding the gift cards used for prizes so that all support goes directly back into local businesses.

Great News. Beams are being lifted into place now during the night for the Highway 100 Bridge. Night-time closures have been ongoing. This work should be completed by Saturday. The regional detour is HWY 62 to HWY 169 to I-394, and vice versa.

Future Closures. Northbound exit to Grange Rd and Southbound Exit to Arcadia Ave will be closed beginning September 15^th and anticipated to last until mid-November. The project team is working on developing maps and resources that will be posted to the site and emailed out soon. The week of September 15^th, the contractor is planning to begin crushing / recycling old street pavement to use on the project at the stockpile on the East side of 100. Better to recycle onsite than to haul the material offsite and haul in new material. This will also be noisy/dusty.

Bad News. Xcel Energy and CPKC Rail have still not secured a permit to relocate an Xcel power line in the railroad right-of-way. The project team continues to push for resolution. The Vernon Avenue Bridge will not be complete by the anticipated completion date of November 15. Until a permit is secured, no project schedule or cost updates can be provided and reviewed.

Thanks, Chad Millner, City Engineer.