University Avenue Lighting Project

  • Project typePublic Works
  • Project status/phaseConstruction
  • Project scheduleMay 2025 - August 2025
  • Project areaUniversity Avenue (TH 47) from 53rd Avenue to 85th Avenue

Project Updates

May 2nd, 2025

Beginning Monday, May 5th, the Contractor will begin the construction of new roadway lighting along University Avenue (Trunk Highway 47) from Mississippi Street (CSAH 6) to 85th Avenue. Please note that this work will require intermittent shoulder/lane closures along University Avenue (Trunk Highway 47). For additional information on the upcoming closure, please see the official notice(PDF, 602KB). 

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Previous Project Updates

April 25th, 2025

The City’s contractor has begun staging project materials and is currently anticipated to begin construction activity in May. Additional details regarding construction scheduling will be provided as it becomes available. Please note that construction activity will require intermittent shoulder/lane closures along University Avenue.

 

Project Background

 

 

In 2019, the City of Fridley actively participated in planning efforts to envision and identify improvements along the Trunk Highway 47 (University Avenue) corridor in Fridley. Public engagement efforts resulted in a summary report with final recommendations that was presented to the City Council on June 24, 2019. Included in the report’s recommendations were suggested improvements to enhance safety and improve corridor aesthetics. Since then, a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study has been completed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) identifying additional potential improvements including roadway lighting improvements

 

In 2020, the City of Fridley submitted a grant application to MnDOT under the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) for lighting improvements along the Trunk Highway 47 (University Avenue) corridor between 53rd Avenue and 85th Avenue. The City successfully received $2,000,000 in funding for construction of the project, with a required 10% match and funding for design and construction engineering from the City. The City subsequently developed construction plans and received bids for the project, which was awarded by the City Council to MP Nexlevel, LLC of Maple Lake, MN on October 28th, 2024. Construction for the project is anticipated to occur in Spring/Summer 2025.

 

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