Project Updates:

The I-694/Dupont Ave. Water Main Crossing Replacement project is scheduled to be substantially complete by November 20th. The contractor is completing final steps to ensure the rehabilitated main is ready for public use and is currently working through testing. Once testing is passed, the next step is street restoration. Concrete will be placed as soon as possible. After concrete is placed, it will need to cure a few days prior to paving. The road will reopen after paving is complete. Some minor yard restoration work will continue following the road reopening.

Previous Construction Updates

Week 7 October 21– October25

All pipe is now lined and being reconnected.  Crews will be finalizing the watermain install with testing and begin restoration activities of the roadway.

Week 6 October 14 – October 18

Crews will replace the watermain in the Dupont and 64th Avenue intersection, including a water shutdown for the neighborhood to the west.  Lining for the long run across the freeway is planned for the later part of this week as well. 

Week 5 October 7 – October 11

Lining crews continued with work on the existing pipelines and preparing for one last pipe run to be lined next week.  Valve structures were placed on Lilac Drive at Colfax Avenue and on 64th Avenue and Dupont Avenue.

Week 4 September 30 – October 4

Crews will clean and line the existing pipe outside the freeway this week and begin preparations to line the pipe across the freeway for the following week.  After lining is complete, crews will excavate and replace the remainder of the pipe in the Dupont intersection.

Week 3 September (23-27)

Construction activities continued with excavating pits to prepare for lining.  Pits have been installed on the north and south sides of the pipe crossing the 694 freeway within the walls and a pit outside the walls on Lilac Drive at Colfax Avenue and on Dupont Avenue near 64^th Avenue intersection.

Week 2 September (16 – 20)

Construction activities continued with the valve south of the bridge completed. The proposed valve and manhole was completed this week. The contractor plans on setting up exterior lining pits, prep for 494 pits with the sub-contractor.

Week 1 September (9 – 13)

Traffic control signs have been installed, and erosion control measures are in place. Excavations and valve replacements have started south of the Dupont Bridge as part of the ongoing project. After the valve south of Dupont is complete contractor plans on starting work on the proposed valve and manhole north of the Dupont Ave Bridge. 

• Cured-in-place-pipe lining is proposed as the rehabilitation method for the existing 24-inch steel main.
• Minimal surface impacts outside of the Dupont Ave and 64^th Ave intersection.
• Traffic Impacts include:
• A several-week closure of Dupont Avenue at 64th Avenue to complete connections (Detoured to Shingle Creek Parkway for freeway crossing)
• Potential Temporary Ramp impacts, such as lane shifts or detours
• Eastbound from Shingle Creek Parkway to 94
• Westbound from 252 to 694
• Nearby residents will have advanced notification for planned water outages.

 Project Schedule

• Spring 2024 – Bid Opening and City Council considers Project Award
• Summer 2024 – Start of Construction
• Fall 2024 – Construction Substantially Complete 

Contact Information

Michael Weber
Public Utility Supervisor
(763) 585-7104
mweber@brooklyncentermn.gov