Project overview

Project details

The Green Central Safe Routes to School (SRTS) project will update 1.3 miles of walking and bicycle paths on East 34th Street and 10th/11th Avenues South.

The updates will help people of all ages and abilities.

This project will build a safe connection to Green Central Elementary School, other bikeways, parks, and important destinations in the area.

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Project updates

2024 Construction

This SRTS construction anticipates start date in mid-July, 2024.

What is happening?

• Stage 1 – Improvement E 34^th St begins July 16.
• Removals, utility work, and paving will take place on E 34^th

What to expect!

• Roadwork and utility-work involve use of heavy equipment that will increase noise, vibration, and dust in work areas.
• E 34^th St becomes one-way street from 3^rd Ave S to Chicago Ave during construction.
• Partial closures are on E 34^th St and 10^th Ave S.
• Detour routes at hard closure of E 34^th St & 10^th Ave S will be E Elliot Ave, E 35^th St, and 10^th Ave S.
• Local access will be maintained during construction.
• Temporary pedestrian accessible routes will vary by block depending on construction activity.

2024 Capital Project 

The proposed concept layout for E 34^th Street and 10^th Avenue S are now available. Public Works will present the project to the Public Works and Infrastructure (PWI) Committee. The PWI Committee is apart of the Minneapolis City Council who will review it. The Public Works team will seek approval for the proposed layout on Thursday, June 8th, 2023, at 1:30 PM.

See the proposed concept layout

Note: This layout may take additional time to load due to large file size.

2023 Demonstration project 

A demonstration project was installed along East 34^th Street from Clinton Avenue to Park Avenue. The project aims to try out changes using temporary materials. This will help plan for the permanent improvements in the 2024 Green Central Safe Routes to School project. The project will make walking and bicycling to school easier, safer, and more enjoyable for students. This demonstration project features:

• Crossing enhancements, including marked crosswalks at Clinton Ave @ E 34^th St.
• Curb extensions at Clinton Ave @ E 34^th St to help narrow the crossing distance for children walking to school.
• An in-street bollard protected two-way bikeway from Clinton Ave to Park Ave along the south side of E 34^th St.
• There will still be access to all driveways and alleys on E 34^th St.
• The demonstration project was installed on April 27, 2023. The project will remain in place until construction begins for permanent improvements in the Spring of 2024.

See the demonstration project

Survey

See the 2023 Demonstration project summary & survey result summary

Bi-weekly stakeholder meeting

Join us at the Green Central SRTS - Bi-weekly stakeholder meeting to get an overview of the upcoming construction work. We will hold the meetings virtually using Microsoft Teams. Meetings will occur every other Thursday starting July 25th, 2024 and run throughout reconstruction.

• Every other Thursday
  9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
  via Microsoft Teams
  (The meeting will adjourn after 10 minutes with nonappearance)
  
  
• Meeting ID: 228 101 592 789   
• Passcode: y59jmV
• Call In number: +1 612-276-6670   
• Phone Conference ID: 224 652 561# 

Join the Green Central SRTS - Bi-weekly stakeholder meeting

Accessing the stakeholder meeting via your mobile device may require downloading of the Microsoft Teams app to your mobile device.

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Past project meetings

Green Central SRTS Pre-construction stakeholder meeting - July 11, 2024

• A virtual pre-construction meeting was held to provide an overview of project construction work and answer project questions.

Watch the project Pre-construction presentation