One of our lovely Summer St. Gardeners, Peggy Schander, won big at the State Fair with her plants grown right in St. Anthony East! Congrats, Peggy!

Expect delays and temporary closures of Broadway Street Northeast between Marshall Street Northeast (County Road 23) and Lincoln Street in Minneapolis starting October 14th for approximately one week (weather permitting). Due to the nature of this work and the weather, the exact start and finish dates may vary.

The majority of the work will be completed alongside traffic. This means people can continue to use the road. You should expect delays and traffic configuration changes when traveling through the area. Flaggers may also be on site to help guide people driving on Broadway Street Northeast.

This work is done in stages. First, we ground away, or mill, the existing pavement. Then, we pave, or overlay, a new layer of pavement. Finally, we add new striping and pavement markings.

Stay Safe During Construction

For your safety and the safety of our crews, we ask that you obey all posted speed limits and slow down where crews are working.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we continue project work in this area.

2019 Corridor Improvements

As crews repave the area, they will also make the following changes to the roadway:
-Convert the 4-lane roadway between 4th and Jackson streets and between Tyler and Lincoln streets to a 3-lane roadway (one lane in each direction with shared center turn lane)
-Install a test closure median at Tyler Street to prohibit left turns
-Convert the road to one lane in each direction at the railroad bridge near Buchanan Street

Anticipated 2020 improvements

Crews are anticipated to return in 2020 to complete the following:
-Repaving between Broadway Street between Lincoln Street and Stinson Boulevard Northeast (County Road 27)
-Making intersection modifications at Johnson Street to improve sight distance for left-turning vehicles

To learn more about the project, visit hennepin.us/broadwaystreet.

For questions, please contact Bob Byers, project manager, at robert.byers@hennepin.us or call 612-596-0354.

St. Anthony East Neighborhood Association: Priorities Survey 2019

SAENA is surveying the entire neighborhood for ideas and suggestions on what our neighborhood values. Results from this survey will aid the Board of Directors in identifying neighborhood priorities for 2020.

Fill out the English survey here.

Rellena la encuesta española aquí.

Expect delays when traveling through these areas. For your safety and the safety of the crews, please exercise caution and slow down as you travel through these areas.

Central Avenue
Off-peak lane closures will begin as crews remove pavement markings (turn arrows and crosswalks) before the start of work on Highway 65 (Central Avenue) in Northeast Minneapolis. Pavement repair and preservation work is scheduled to begin Tuesday, June 11, 2019, on the highway between 27th Avenue and 37th Avenue. Work will be done overnight between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. through Friday, June 14, to minimize impacts to motorists.

Motorists will encounter a single lane of traffic the entire length of the project on the side of the road being worked on as crews apply asphalt coatings to the road surface. Cross streets will be closed for a short time as work moves along Highway 65. During the work, on-street parking will not be allowed. Nearby residents and businesses may experience noise from trucks and other equipment during the project. A thin coating of asphalt is applied to the pavement surface as a protective coating to extend the life of the pavement.

Work is expected to be done by Friday morning, June 14, weather permitting. Crews will return later in June to restripe the roadway.
For updated road condition information, call 511 or visit http://www.511mn.org.

Bridge Inspections

Starting Monday, June 3, bridge maintenance crews are scheduled to conduct inspections on seven bridges in Minneapolis. Below are the bridges to be inspected in anticipated order.

10th Street North Bridge over BNSF railroad 7th Street North Bridge over BNSF railroad
Broadway Street Northeast (County Road 66) Bridge over the Mississippi River
Broadway Street Northeast Bridge over Sibley Street Northeast
Cedar Avenue South (County Road 152) Bridge over Lake Nokomis
Lake Street (County Road 3)
Bridge over the Mississippi River
Osseo Road (County Road 152) Bridge over Canadian Pacific Railroad

Typically done every 1-2 years as part of federal guidelines, bridge inspections allow our engineers and technicians to thoroughly examine the bridge to determine if preventative maintenance work is needed.

Weather permitting, inspections of each bridge is expected to take anywhere from a half day to up to three days to complete. Inspections will occur between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.

To complete this work, crews will use large bucket trucks called snooper trucks parked on the bridge to examine the sides and underneath the bridge. As a result, please expect short-term single lane closures, as well as sidewalk and/or bike lane closures, where applicable. We will keep at least one lane for each direction of traffic and one side of the sidewalks open at all times. We will use signage, cones and barricades to guide you around the work areas.

Apply to join our Board Of Directors! We will have five open seats on our Board of Directors.

Residents of St. Anthony East, representatives from neighborhood businesses, and property owners are encouraged to run! We will be voting on the new board at the Annual Meeting on Monday, June 24th at 6pm.

Fill out the Director Application here.

Meeting Dates:

May 20 – Board Meeting, Clare Housing
June 24 – Annual Meeting, Elections, and Ice Cream Social
July 22 – Board Meeting, Clare Housing
August 26 – Board Meeting, Clare Housing
September 23 – Community Meeting, Webster Elementary
October 28 – Board Meeting, Clare Housing
November 25 – Board Meeting, Clare Housing
December – No Meeting