Road Closures Slated for 138th Street in Apple Valley

A road closure on 138th Street west of Cedar Avenue is slated for Wednesday (July 25); after this day, the road will remain unpaved for several weeks, according to Dakota County. The suggested detour is to use 140th Street and Pennock Lane to get around to 138th from the other direction if needed.

Other work coming soon:

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 30: 138th Street east of Cedar Avenue will close, and will then remain unpaved for several weeks.

• Monday, July 30: Work on Glendale Court (east of Cedar between 138th and Upper 139th) is scheduled to start. The road will be closed during the day and open at night for about a week, and then will remain unpaved for several weeks.

• Late July: The business entrance on the east side of Cedar, north of 147th (next to ) is slated to close permanently.

• August: The Minnesota Department of Transportation is slated to start $7.5 million of work on Cedar Avenue from 138th Street in Apple Valley up to the Minnesota River in Bloomington.

Construction on Cedar . The county project to accommodate a bus rapid transit system, a station-to-station line that would have buses running from Lakeville to a park-and-ride near the Mall of America and back every 15 minutes during the week.

The goal of bus rapid transit, which also is recommended or planned for other corridors besides Cedar, is to better and more quickly connect the southern suburbs with Minneapolis and St. Paul.

It was announced this spring that the original November 2012 launch date would be pushed back to at least 2013 due to discrepancies over bus station designs.

Dakota County has since OK'd the city of Apple Valley's plan over Cedar Avenue if officials feel the funds are in place.

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