Dakota County Newsletter - Spring/Summer 2025 - Learn about road projects and construction updates

Learn about road projects

You can learn more about a Dakota County road project by:

• Attending project meetings. The county hosts public meetings for each road project. Staff explain project details, answer questions and get feedback.

• Seeing plans online. Each county road construction project is on the county website. There is a summary, timeline, contact information and other project details. To see current or planned construction projects, visit www.dakotacounty.us, click Transportation.

• Signing up for updates. Each project webpage includes contact information for email updates on the project. You’ll get updates, often weekly, throughout the project.

• Contacting us. Call Dakota County Transportation at 952-891-7000 or email hwy@co.dakota.mn.us.

Construction updates

Dakota County plans the following improvements during the 2025 construction season. Projects are estimated to be complete by November unless noted otherwise.

Apple Valley

Resurface Cedar Avenue from County Road 42 to 138th Street. Spring–July. Night work anticipated.

Resurface 150th Street (County Road 42) from 147th Street to Diamond Path (County Road 33) in Apple Valley. Pedestrian ramp and ADA improvements. Night work anticipated.

Burnsville

Replace traffic signals on County Road 42 at Southcross Drive.

Countywide

Resurfacing on various road segments around Dakota County.

Eagan

Resurface Lexington Avenue (County Road 43) from Cliff Road (County Road 32) to Wescott Drive. Lane reduction on Lexington Avenue from Diffley Road (County Road 30) to Wescott Drive. Traffic signal replacement at Lexington Avenue and Diffley Road. Trail and pedestrian crossing improvements.

Reconstruct Lone Oak Road (County Road 26) from Highway 13 to Interstate 35E. Trail, pedestrian and drainage improvements. Traffic detoured.

Inver Grove Heights

Reconstruct 117th Street from County Road 71 to Highway 52. Traffic detoured.

Pedestrian crossing improvements along Concord Boulevard (County Road 56) and trail construction along 80th Street (County Road 28) from near Cahill Avenue to Concord Boulevard.

Lakeville

Roundabout reconstruction at 202nd Street (County Road 50) at Hamburg Avenue. Traffic detoured.

City-led expansion of 185th Street (County Road 60) to four-lane, divided roadway between Kenwood Trail (County Road 50) and Dodd Boulevard (County Road 9). Trail addition, pedestrian crossing and drainage improvements. Traffic detoured.

Douglas and Hampton townships

Township bridge replacement over Pine Creek on Inga Avenue north of Dakota/Goodhue county border. Traffic detoured. Summer–fall 2025.

Marshan Township

Township bridge replacement on 205th Street east of Highway 61 in Marshan Township. Traffic detoured. Summer–fall 2025.

Randolph Township

Reconstruct two lanes on 295th Street (County Road 88) from Highway 56 to Finch Court. Traffic detoured.

Vermillion Township

Bridge replacement over Vermillion River on Goodwin Avenue (County Road 85) north of 190th Street (County Road 62). Traffic detoured. Summer–winter 2025.

West St. Paul

Trail construction, pedestrian improvements and road resurfacing on Butler Avenue (County Road 4) from Robert Street to Highway 52.

To learn more about current road construction projects, visit: https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Transportation/CurrentConstruction

To learn more about planned road construction projects, visit: https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Transportation/PlannedConstruction