2022 Construction Season: What Oakdale Residents Should Know

OAKDALE, 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.

"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 Oakdale residents should be aware of this spring, summer, and fall:

Highway 36

Project description: "A 12-mile stretch of Hwy 36 between Edgerton St. in Ramsey County and Greeley St. in Washington County will undergo a road resurfacing and improvement project in the summer of 2022."

I-94 and I-35E projects in St. Paul

Project description: "Information about upcoming traffic impacts will be posted as details become available. Next year’s construction activity will focus on repairs and resurfacing on I-94 between Marion St. and I-35E from spring through mid-summer 2022 and then work will shift to I-94 between I-35E and Mounds Blvd. from mid-summer through the fall of 2022. Additional repairs and resurfacing also will be done from spring through mid-summer 2022 on I-35E between I-94 and University Ave. Motorists can expect shoulder and lane closures, ramp closures and traffic shifts on I-35E and I-94, along with multiple weekend full closures."

Here are some of the other projects taking place this summer in the Twin Cities metro area:

• Highway 10 in Anoka
  • Includes replacing and repairing bridges to improve traffic flow, safety and improve pedestrian and bicycle access.
• 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
  • Includes reconstruction of southbound lanes, a new Highway 52/Highway 57 interchange, and completing a new Goodhue County Road 14 connection in the Cannon Falls area

Find a list of every project in the state here.