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April 23, 2025 – ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

WHERE: Click here for a map of all locations

WHEN: Beginning the week of April 28, 2025

The City of Rochester Street Maintenance team will begin the 2025 Mill and Overlay project in various locations throughout the city on April 28, 2025. Maps of work locations and information about the project are available on the city website.

This year’s project is happening in three phases:

• April 28 through June 9: Work will occur in the following general neighborhood areas: Boulder Ridge (NW), Baihly Hills (SW), Marion Road (SE), East Slatterly Park (SE) and the East Side Pioneers (SE/NE).
• June 9 through July 7: Work will occur in the following general neighborhood areas: South Elton Hills (NW), 14 Street NE and 40 Avenue SE. 
• July 7 through August 11: Work will occur in the following general neighborhood areas: North Elton Hills (NW) and will be coordinated with the John Adams Safe Routes to School project. 

These dates may vary depending on weather and progression.

Yellow “NO PARKING THIS SIDE” signs will be posted on affected streets starting Thursday, April 24. All parking is prohibited in the posted work zone Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All violators will be ticketed and towed. Unless the posted signs indicate otherwise, parking restrictions in most of these areas are for daytime maintenance activities only; parking is allowed on weekends and after the signed hours in these posted areas.

Each milled street will be overlaid with an approximate two-inch layer of new bituminous asphalt. After the milling process and prior to overlaying, bumps will be at each end of the milled areas, along with exposed/raised manhole castings and gate valve risers. Residents, bicyclists and pedestrians are all encouraged to find alternate routes. If you must use the streets under construction, travel cautiously and slowly through these areas and expect uneven pavement, bumps and rough surfaces. After the overlay process has been completed, the NO PARKING signs may remain in certain areas until further manhole adjustments are completed. Watch the Annual Mill and Overlay Program video to learn more about the process.

Residents generally will have access to their driveways, although they may not have access during the day of paving for a few hours.

Rochester Public Transit (RPT) riders are encouraged to use the Transit app to sign up for alerts related to their routes. The RPT website (www.rptride.com) also has up-to-date detour information.