Traffic & Transit
2022 Construction Season: What Lakeville Residents Should Know
Lakeville residents will want to be aware of these projects as the 2022 construction season approaches.
![The 2022 construction season will include 230 different projects across Minnesota, the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22887410/20220331/125234/styles/patch_image/public/mndot___31121816158.png)
LAKEVILLE, MN — The 2022 construction season will include 230 different projects across Minnesota, the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday.
The projects aim to maintain Minnesota's roads, bridges, and transportation infrastructure and improve safety and access.
"Minnesotans will soon see work zones popping up throughout the state," said MnDOT Interim Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger in a news release.
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"Each of these projects represents an investment in a more efficient and reliable transportation system for all people. As always, safety is MnDOT's top priority – so we urge motorists to pay attention to signage in work zones, slow down, and put away distractions behind the wheel. Everyone, including our hardworking road and construction workers, deserves to get home safely."
Here are the projects that Lakeville residents should be aware of this spring, summer, and fall:
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Project description: "The goal of this project is to improve the ride (smoothness) and restore the pavement structure of this segment, to bring this section of road back to the good category."
Hwy 77
Project description: "Replace signs on Hwy 77 between 138th St in Apple Valley and CR 1/Old Shakopee Rd in Bloomington."
"Replace lighting on Hwy 77 at McAndrews Rd/127th St in Apple Valley"
Here are some of the other projects taking place this summer in the Twin Cities metro area:
- Highway 10 in Anoka
- I-94 and I-35E projects in St. Paul
- Includes resurfacing, repairs to ramps and frontage roads, improved drainage and upgraded storm sewers, bridge rehabilitation, and improving sidewalks
- Highway 77 between Bloomington and Minneapolis
- A resurfacing project to provide a smoother ride, improve drainage and accessibility
- Highway 52 between Zumbrota and Cannon Falls
Find a list of every project in the state here.
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