By JANE McCLURE
Major improvements to Prior Avenue in the West Midway, changes to the Pierce Butler Route-Minnehaha Avenue intersection in Frogtown, and Safe Routes to Schools improvements for Crossroads Elementary are among area projects in St. Paul’s five-year streets plan.
The plan, prepared annually by the St. Paul Department of Public Works, will have its 2022 projects approved this month by the St. Paul City Council.
Council members reviewed the plan in November. The plan includes city street and bridge construction, sidewalks, county projects, city and county mill and overlay work, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and federally funded projects from 2022-2026.
City Engineer Paul Kurtz indicated that projects can change over time. Street and bridge repair needs can pop up. Another game changer is available funding.
St. Paul and the Minnesota Department of Transportation were awarded Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Rondo planning grant will fund a study of transportation improvements within the neighborhood and adjacent areas. District councils reviewed the funding request earlier this year.
City officials are also waiting to see what federal infrastructure dollars will bring. The recently approved funding is being given to states, which will pass it down to local units of government.
The lone St. Paul Streets area project is Wheelock-Grotto Residential Street Vitality Program work, with $8.325 million in 2025 and $12.6 million in 2026. (See related story.)
Several projects are penciled in for Municipal-State Aid or MSA dollars. Those include a rebuild of Prior Avenue from St. Anthony to University avenues, at $4.5 million, and improvements to the Pierce Butler Route-Minnehaha Avenue intersection at $200,000. The Frogtown intersection is a Ramsey County project, with the county contributing $835,000.
MSA projects for 2023 include sidewalk work on Larpenteur between Dale and Farrington ($500,00) and between Hamline and Victoria ($240,000). Ramsey County will match each of those amounts. B Line bus improvements are slated for $250,000, as a contribution to a Metro Transit project.
Mill and overlay work is also part of the five-year plan. The Interstate 94 frontage roads are targeted in 2023, with Concordia and St. Anthony avenues between Snelling and Marion getting needed work. About two dozen other projects listed as potential candidates for work for the remainder of the plan. Those will be winnowed down as street conditions warrant. Kurtz noted that just one winter can make a big difference in a street’s condition.
The lone capital improvement bond project in the area is a Safe Routes to School project for crossroads Elementary at 546 Front Ave. It has a cost of $465,760.
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