Work continues on County Road 6, and West Lake Drive from Legion Road to County Road 6 will be closed to through traffic starting Wednesday morning, May 3.
The underground utility work is finished from the Pelican River to Breezy Shores and paving is expected to begin on that stretch soon. “The idea is to keep building the road behind the (utility) services headed towards County Road 6,” said Detroit Lakes City Engineer Jon Pratt.
Becker County has agreed to the settlement; the 13 property owners still have to sign off on what are in effect their own individual agreements, and there are still two property holders continuing to hold out against the project.
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Washington Avenue reopens at last, after brutal October weather slows construction in Detroit Lakes
As part of the project, a mini-roundabout has replaced traffic lights at Willow Street, and another mini-roundabout has replaced a stop sign at the North Shore Drive T-intersection.
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This is a concept design for the streetscaping of the South Washington Avenue/North Shore Drive mini-roundabout. Confluence, a Fargo-based landscape architecture firm, drew up the designs for the project, which the city is hoping will become a gateway into the lakefront area of the city. (Submitted graphic)
After a long couple of months, Washington Avenue is open to traffic again, including two new mini-roundabouts at Willow Avenue and North Shore Drive.