News Release

(Roseville, Minn.)--The Minnesota Department of Transportation announces that crews will begin work that affects eastbound Highway 62 (Crosstown) at Valley View Road in EDINA at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18.

Eastbound Highway 62 will be reduced to one lane at 9 p.m. each day through Aug. 26 but will re-open to two lanes of traffic by 5 a.m. daily through Aug. 27.

In addition, the ramp from eastbound Highway 62 (Crosstown) to Valley View Road will be CLOSED Monday, Aug. 26 as crews realign and lengthen the Valley View Road exit ramp.

Weather permitting, this ramp will re-open by Nov. 1, 2002.

Eastbound motorists will be detoured to France Ave., the posted detour route, when the ramp closes.

In addition to re-aligning and lengthening the exit ramp, crews also will replace the overhead lighting system, install a new signal system, relocate fiber optic cables, rehabilitate the storm sewer, and relocate utility lines.

This segment of the project is part of the City of Edina's larger Valley View Road reconstruction project.

Mn/DOT reminds motorists to SLOW DOWN in the work zone and NEVER enter a roadway that has been blocked with barriers or cones. Please join us in a safety partnership.

For updated traffic information in the Twin Cities metro area, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo. For updated construction information in the Twin Cities metro area, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/construction.html. Visit 511mn.org. for updated statewide traffic and travel information.

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