ST. CLOUD, Minn.--Motorists should plan for delays beginning Monday, Aug. 18, when crews begin paving 13 miles of Interstate 94 from Albany to Melrose.

Crews will mill and overlay a new blacktop road surface, including shoulders and interchange ramps, on both westbound and eastbound I-94.

All work will be done during daylight hours. On weekends, work will suspend Friday at noon and resume Monday morning at sunrise.

Motorists should plan for delays, reduced speeds, lane shifts and closures.

Hardrives of Rogers is the prime contractor for the $6.5 million project, which will be completed by mid October.

This is part of a pavement preservation project that began in mid-July on Highway 237 from New Munich to I-94. This segment of the project was completed in early August.

For updated statewide traffic, construction, weather and travel information, visit www.511mn.org.