by Dennis Dalman
The long-awaited $16-million “West Side Reconstruction” project for Sartell approved by the city council in spring of 2024 got underway in late March.
The project includes 13 streets in west Sartell and involves street reconstruction complete with curb-and-gutter, sanitary sewer, water and stormwater connections.
Plans for the project began for West Side Reconstruction in a public-input session in August 2023. After a preliminary-assessment public hearing in April 2024, a final design was approved in that same month. The work will be done in four stages, and the entire project is expected to be completed early in the summer of 2026.
April Ryan, the Sartell engineer, is the project manager. The $16-million cost will be paid for by city bonding for street, water, storm water and sewer funding. About one-seventh of the cost will be from property assessments in that area.
The following are the streets pertaining to the project:
First Avenue N. and the alley from Third Street N. to Seventh Street N.
Second Avenue N. and the alley from Second Street N. to Fourth Street N. and from Fifth Street N. to Seventh Street N.
Third Avenue N. from Second Street N. to Fifth Street N.
Fourth Avenue N. from 2-1/2 Street N. to Fourth Street N.
Seventh Avenue N. from Brookwood Lane to First Street N.
First Street N. from Fifth Avenue N. to Eighth Avenue N.
Terry Lane from Eighth Avenue N. to Ninth Avenue N.
Second Street N. from First Avenue N. to Fourth Avenue N.
Third Street N. from Third Avenue N. to Fifth Avenue N.
Fourth Street N. from Riverside Avenue to Third Avenue N. and from Fourth Avenue N. to Fifth Avenue N.
Fifth Street N. from Riverside Avenue to Second Avenue N.
Sixth Street N. from Riverside Avenue to Second Avenue N.
Sartell Street from Riverside Avenue to Fourth Avenue S.
