UPDATE: Hwy. 246 Repaving in Northfield Begins Monday

UPDATE: 8 p.m.

Sean Simonson, Northfield Engineering Tech, said in an email Thursday that the scheduled Hwy. 246 repaving project has been delayed until Monday. It was originally scheduled ot start Friday.

The email reads:

"Crews will begin milling operations on Monday, August 29 at the intersection of TH #3 and TH #246 (Woodley Street) and progress east and south on TH #246  working on the eastbound/southbound lanes of TH #246. Crews anticipate ending the milling and paving operations for the day on the eastbound/southbound lanes of TH #246 just south of the entrance to the Northfield High School on Monday evening.  On Tuesday August 30, milling and paving operations will continue on the westbound/northbound portion of TH #246 at the intersection of TH#3 and proceed to just south of the Northfield High School entrance on Tuesday evening. 

Starting on Wednesday August 31, milling and paving crews will continue operations on southbound TH #246 starting just south of the Northfield High School entrance and proceed south past the Northfield Middle School, and quit somewhere south of County Road 1 on the southern border of Northfield. On Thursday September 1, milling and paving crews will pave northbound TH #246 starting south of County Road 1 and ending just south of the Northfield High School entrance on Thursday evening.  This will conclude the paving that will occur within the City of Northfield City Limits.  There will be other minor work completed in the coming weeks such as pavement striping that will not affect traffic patterns. 

All paving will be completed utilizing flaggers and pilot cars, but both MnDOT and Crane Creek Asphalt urge motorist to use alternate routes during Construction.  Access to TH #246 from Linden Street, Fremont Street and Marvin Lane will be blocked to direct motorists to intersections where flaggers will be staged during paving and milling operations."

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ORIGINAL POST

Sean Simonson, Northfield Engineering Tech, said in an email Wednesday that repaving of Hwy. 246 from Hwy. 3 to County Hwy. 1 starts Friday.

Crews will starts at the Hwy. 246/Woodley Street and Hwy. 3 intersection, working east. Work will be first done on the eastbound lanes, which become southbound lanes once Hwy. 246 heads south and also becomes Division Street. Simonson says crews should get to just south of by the end of the day.

On Saturday, work will be done on the same stretch of road, but for the northbound and westbound lanes. There will be no work on Sunday.

Starting on Monday, Simonson says crews will work south of the high school to just beyond County Hwy. 1. On Tuesday, that stretch should be paved, Simonson said.

"There will be other minor work completed in the coming weeks such as pavement striping that will not affect traffic patterns," he wrote.

Simonson said alternate routes will be used during the major work, with access to Hwy. 246 from Linden and Fremont Streets, as well as Marvin lane, being blocked.

Curb, gutter and sidewalk work has been .