Minot, ND – Construction of Railway Avenue is nearing completion and is scheduled to be open to through traffic starting Friday evening, November 15th. There will be ongoing work in the boulevards and behind the back of the sidewalk, so please exhibit caution while traveling through the corridor.
Work completed in this corridor since the roadway was first closed consisted of the following items:
• 2,500 Feet of Concrete Floodwall
• 2,300 Feet of Earthen Embankment
• 4,400 Feet of Roadway Improvements
• Nearly 53,000 Feet of Underground Utilities were removed and replaced.
Work on the stormwater pump station is expected to continue through the Winter, the final construction of Phase MI-5 expected next summer.
When completed and connected to the first four phases of the MREFPP, the MI-5 phase will help remove approximately 60 percent of Minot residents from the proposed FEMA floodplain and, most importantly, provide long-term flood protection to the record flood of 2011. All the enhanced flood protection projects currently under construction and those under design provide a level of protection equal to the 2011 flood, plus three feet of freeboard.
For more details on the project and the latest information, go to www.mouseriverplan.com or search on Facebook and like the project information page.
