News Release

Roseville, Minn.—The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will begin the Highway 12 realignment project between Wayzata Blvd. in WAYZATA and County Rd. 6 in ORONO on Thursday, Aug. 15.

The project reconstructs Highway 12 as a limited access roadway in a new alignment south of where it currently lies and parallel with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad tracks.

Work will begin in LONG LAKE on the surface streets as crews clear trees and brush and prepare the various roadways that cross the current Highway 12 corridor.

Initially, crews also will excavate for the new railroad bed and revise the signal system at Highway 12 and Old Crystal Bay Rd. in Long Lake.

For safety’s sake, bicyclists and pedestrians are discouraged from biking or walking inside the railroad bed or the railroad right-of-way during the project.

When completed in 2006, the new Highway 12 between the two points will provide added capacity, reduced congestion, smoother travel and increased safety. Interchanges will replace the current intersections at County Rd. 6, on the western end of the project, and Wayzata Blvd. on the eastern end of the project.

Mn/DOT urges motorists always to drive with caution and reminds them to SLOW DOWN in work zones and NEVER enter a roadway that has been blocked with barriers or cones. For updated statewide traffic, construction and travel information visit www.511mn.org.

See ORANGE.

We’re in the WORK ZONE Together

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