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Traffic stop by FLPD leads to drug arrests
Jennifer Mevissen Staff Writer A traffic stop by the Forest Lake Police Department at 12:16 p.m. on Thursday at W. Broadway Avenue and I-35 resulted in two arrests for drugs. According to Sgt. Mark Richert, a random check of the license plate by an officer revealed a warrant out for the arrest of the vehicle’s owner. Five and a half grams of methamphetamine was found in the search, he said, noting both the driver and passenger were arrested.
I-35 bridge dedicated, expected to open Oct. 22
The Broadway Avenue bridge is expected to open to traffic – one lane in both directions – sometime Saturday, but a few hundred people got their first look at the new I-35 span Oct. 22. Several businesses along the corridor are participating in Washington County's Back 2 Broadway celebration. Stop in to check out their weekend-long specials and activities
Sanitary sewer replacement is underway
A sanitary sewer replacement on Broadway Avenue between 3rd and 4th streets began this Monday. The work will impact traffic for three to four weeks. (Photo by Jennifer Mevissen)
Sanitary sewer replacement will impact traffic on Broadway
Work that was to be done next year can be completed yet this fall Jennifer Mevissen Staff Writer Replacement of a sanitary sewer line in Forest Lake will impact traffic on Broadway Avenue for approximately three to four weeks, starting Thursday, Sept. 22.
Bridge takes shape
Workers started to pour concrete, an estimated 900 cubic yards of it, last week on the new Broadway Avenue bridge over I-35 in Forest Lake. This photo taken from a boom truck looks east down Broadway Avenue towards the lake. The bridge is expected to reopen with more lanes and a pedestrian crossing by the end of fall. – Submitted photo
Getting the word out during construction
Culver’s in Forest Lake is just one of the many businesses hit hard by the Broadway Avenue Improvement project this summer. To help get the word out to travelers on I-35 that Culver’s is indeed open, this billboard on I-35W in Columbus helps direct motorists to the restaurant.
Broadway paving moves west
Some 900 yards of concrete was poured Thursday as paving on the south two lanes of Broadway Avenue was completed from 7th Street to 12th Street. Major work for the new Broadway bridge spanning I-35 will start on Sunday night. (Photo By Cliff Buchan)
Bridge work resumed this week after state shutdown
After a 20 day state government shutdown, construction of the Broadway Avenue bridge over 1-35 in Forest Lake resumed this week. The remainder of the footing, four crash barrier sections, and two columns were all constructed.
Bridge work sees shutdown delay
FOREST LAKE — Broadway Avenue bridge work has stopped, but construction continues in the east side business district despite the government shutdown.
Open sign
The Forest Lake Economic Development Authority (EDA) and Broadway Avenue business owners will erect this billboard for northbound I-35 traffic at the freeway split next week. Forest Lake City Council member and EDA Chair Jackie McNamara said the billboard will help direct motorists into Forest Lake during Broadway Avenue construction. The EDA spent $10,000 for the project and business owners provided a match. The billboard will be up through November.