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Friday, April 12, 2013

Hwy. 100 Redevelopment to Feature Public Art, Emphasize 'Visual Experience'

The visual aesthetics of Highway 100 were a topic of discussion during a recent St. Louis Park City Council study session.

The visual aesthetics of Highway 100 were a hot topic of discussion as the St. Louis Park City Council met for a study session on Monday, April 8. While construction isn't slated to begin until late 2014, MnDOT is hoping to have the redevelopment project's Visual Quality Manual completed this July, following an open house either later this spring or early in the summer. Michael Schroeder, a landscape architect and planning focus leader with LHB Engineers and Architects, provided St. Louis Park City Council with an update on the project during the study session. Schroeder said the group has been working alongside a group of engaged citizens over the course of several meetings to help make the future "visual experience of Highway 100" an …

guy davidson

8:24 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013

I'm not a huge fan of the 35W bridge myself..huge flop..no pun intended   more ›

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Business Owners Worry Highway 7 Project Will Hurt Sales

They met with St. Louis Park staff and MnDOT officials to talk about concerns regarding the upcoming bridge at Highway 7 and Louisiana Avenue.

A group of business owners expressed serious concerns about the upcoming Highway 7 and Louisiana Avenue Interchange Project set to begin this spring. The intersection is currently plagued with congestion and safety problems, which the project is expected to address. Pedestrian and bicycle paths could also be improved to accommodate the increase in traffic from the future LRT station along Louisiana Avenue. Business owners met with city officials and Minnesota Department of Transportation engineers to learn more about the project, proposed detours and the resources available to help businesses through the construction. "We are literally fighting for our livelihood here," Odds & Ends Furniture Owner Nancy Newcomb said at the meeting Tuesday …

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Park Tavern Event and Entertainment Center, City Still Negotiating With Property Owners Over Highway 7 Land, City Prepared to Take Land for Highway 7 Project, and 2 more ›

Scott Lidstone

7:34 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

A great plan.. It has the potential to make the intersection much better. I hope they look at the vehicle sightlines of the closer than they did on the Wooddale Ave bridge.. they flubbed that one a bit. It would also be nice if the city can work with the railroad to maintain the Wooddale crossing south of Hwy 7 better.. All this nice work and then you have to drive over the teeth rattler there..   more ›

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