Building Owatonna
downtown owatonna streetscape project
Click on the image above to watch the construction livestream camera in Downtown Owatonna
We are extremely excited about the impact this construction project will have on the community of Owatonna. We are truly building our future in order to serve you!
What to Expect
As this construction project continues, we want to let you know that Downtown Owatonna is OPEN FOR BUSINESS. We appreciate your patience as we navigate our way through this construction phase. Keep an eye out for specials and incentives to shop Owatonna! We’ll inform you about what to expect and direct you to the latest information available on the downtown project.
Check back often for new information!
Interactive Parking Map
Parking Map PDF
STREETSCAPE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES
City, Staff, and Council, in collaboration with ISG and JJD determined an extension for the work on the 100 block would be beneficial to the project and community. Therefore the 100 block construction will not begin until Spring 2022. Work this year will be completed into the Vine Street intersection and will be paved, except for necessary locations in the Vine Street intersection where temporary measures will be coordinated to provide pavement through winter.
Upcoming Work (week of October 25)
- Within the 300 Block
- Mainline pavement is anticipated to occur next week.
- The new concrete typically takes between 7 and 14 days before it can be driven on. Please use extra caution while paving is occurring, and do not enter the area until the road is open to traffic.
- The contractor is planning to construct the concrete curb and gutter within the Pearl Street intersection next week.
- Mainline pavement is anticipated to occur next week.
- Within the 200 Block
- Installation of the sanitary sewer manhole within the Vine Street intersection is anticipated on Monday.
- This will require use of the bypass pump at Broadway Street and will cause traffic changes within the 100 block for approximately one day. The contractor will be coordinating with these businesses.
- The contractor plans to connect the watermain to the mainline within Vine Street.
- The storm sewer installation on the south half of the block is anticipated to follow.
- Installation of the sanitary sewer manhole within the Vine Street intersection is anticipated on Monday.
Read the October 22 newsletter
EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
Thursday at 11am – construction update meeting
Construction update meeting for the Downtown Owatonna community each Thursday at 11am in Central Park. Come and hear about the progress and next steps, and ask your questions!
Farmers Market
Each Saturday from 7 a.m. – 12 noon, May through October, around Central Park.
Store Specials and Events
Fun activities are always in the works, come back to this page often.
ISG has been engaged to assist with this project, considered as Phase One of the master plan, which consists of North Cedar Avenue Streetscape improvements focused on the three blocks between Central Park and Rose Street.
Visit ISG’s project website for all of the construction plans and details and to sign up for project updates.
View photos and videos of construction.
For questions, contact Civil Engineer Becky Guenther at Becky.Guenther@ISGInc.com or 952-426-0699.
Chamber members
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