MnDOT Update and Photos from this Week

Eyes on Main Street - August 29, 2013

MnDOT Update and Photos from this Week

This week in Spring Grove:

• Removed contaminated material east of Division Avenue
• Sanitary sewer and water main work from 1^st Ave NE to 2^nd Ave NE
• Curb and gutter from 1^st Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW
• Stone retaining wall construction by the school
• Grading for sidewalks

Next week in Spring Grove:

• Grading  and setting forms for sidewalks
• Pouring light bases
• Water main and storm sewer work from 1^st Ave NE to 2^nd Ave NE

Highway 44 from Spring Grove to Highway 52:

• Resurfacing
• Flaggers and a pilot car will now control Highway 44 single lane traffic 

This first group of photos is from Spring Grove Communication's Facebook site, https://www.facebook.com/sgcommunications and were taken on Friday August 23.

     This set of photos was taken on Sunday, August 23-26.

Removing some contaminated soil.

The limestone is here for the wall at school.

Colored Concrete and Weekly MnDOT Update

Eyes on Main Street - August 22, 2013

Colored Concrete and Weekly MnDOT Update

The colored amenity strip has started appearing along the business district. Here are some photos taken Tuesday night. Below the photos you will see the weekly update from MnDOT.

This week in Spring Grove:

•  Removing concrete pavement from 2^nd Ave NE to Division Ave.
• Contaminated material removal East of Division Ave.
• Pouring colored/stamped concrete between 1^st Ave SW and Division Ave.
• Placing and grading aggregate base from 1^st Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW
• Begin stone wall construction by school
• Sanitary/storm/water main work East of Division Ave.

Next week in Spring Grove:

• Pour curb and gutter from 1^st Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW
• Stone wall construction by school
• Sanitary/storm/water main work East of Division Ave.
• Contaminated material removal East of Division Ave.

 Highway 44 from Spring Grove to Highway 52:

• Resurfacing
• Flaggers and a pilot car will now control Highway 44 single lane traffic 

Progress Continues - Working on Both Sides of Business District

Eyes on Main Street - August 20, 2013

Progress Continues - Working on Both Sides of Business District

You will notice activities on both ends of town. They are working in front of the school and in front of Trinity, as well as in the downtown section.  Here are some photos from this week. 

Looks like some new curb needed to be removed.

MnDOT Weekly Update

Eyes on Main Street - August 15

MnDOT Weekly Update

This week in Spring Grove:

• New detour in place to allow phase 3 construction to begin.
• Sub cutting  from 1^st Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW
• Placing granular embankment from 1^st Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW
• Milling bituminous from 2^nd Ave NE to Division St including Division St intersection.
• Pouring sidewalk from 1^st Ave NW to Division St. 

Next week in Spring Grove:

• Placing aggregate base from 1^st Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW
• Removing concrete pavement from 2^nd Ave NE to Division St.
• Pouring colored/stamped concrete from 1^st Ave NW to Division St.
• Constructing retaining wall from 3^rd Ave SW to 3^rd Ave NW 

Highway 44 from Spring Grove to Highway 52:

• Box culvert replacement is complete
• Flaggers and a pilot car will now control Highway 44 single lane traffic 

Progress Continues - Main Street Road Closure on East Side

Eyes on Main Street - August 15

Progress Continues - Main Street Road Closure on East Side

I woke up this morning to a new detour - I can no longer head toward Trinity Lutheran Church and turn right on Main Street. I now have to go by Tweeten Lutheran to reach 44.  I just posted the new detour yesterday but didn't read it close enough. It is nice to see the construction progressing.

Mural on Cinema Wall

If you haven't driven down the south alley behind the main street stores, you will definitely want to check out the mural being painted on the side of the Spring Grove Cinema, watch the wall transform into a beautiful mural. Giants of the Earth is having the mural painted. 

Here are some photos I took last night including the mural being painted.

Spring Grove Communications payment drop box - located in back of building. 

 

 

Council Meeting Recap and Construction for the Past Week

Eyes on Main Street - Today's Date

Council Recap

On a 3-2 vote, the council is eliminating the colored concrete across all driveways and is also removing all railings that were in the plan. Everyone seems to have a different opinion, but there were placed in the plan for safety as was written in the August 2nd post, http://sgmainstreetproject.blogspot.com/2013/08/information-pictures-from-this-week-and.html.

Even if you talk to MnDOT, there are differing opinions. Is it better for a driver to see a colored strip or better for a walker to see a driveway - it is almost like the question who came first the chicken or the egg. 

All the curb in the current middle section has been poured and they started pouring the rest of the sidewalks. Here is a photo from one night last week. Remember you can always watch the live webcam from the Spring Grove Communications web site: http://204.248.124.202/view/viewer_index.shtml.

New Detour to start Thursday August 15

Eyes on Main Street - Today's Date

New Detour to start Thursday August 15

The following was sent by MnDOT.

The following detour will be put in place beginning 7 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15. The current detour in town will remain in place.

West Bound Hwy 44 traffic will turn left onto 4^th Ave. SE to 2^nd St. SE, turn right on 2^nd St. SE to 3^rd Ave. SE, turn right on 3^rd Ave. SE to 2^nd St. SE, turn left on 2^nd St. SE to Division St., turn right on Division St. to Hwy 44, cross Hwy 44 and continue on to existing in place WB Hwy 44 detour.

East Bound Hwy 44 traffic will take existing in place EB Hwy 44 detour to Division St/Hwy 44 intersection, will cross Hwy 44 on Division St. to 2^nd St. SE, turn left on 2^nd St. SE to 3^rd Ave. SE, turn right on 3^rd Ave. SE to 2^nd St. SE, turn left on 2^nd St. SE to 4^th Ave. SE, turn left on 4^th Ave. SE to EB Hwy 44.