Repaving project coming to Hennepin Avenue and other downtown streets

A repaving project on the south end of downtown Minneapolis will bring lane closures along Hennepin Avenue and several nearby streets, city officials said.

The major impact will be felt on Hennepin Avenue itself from May 5-7 when the street will be reduced to a single lane in each direction between 12th and 16th Streets. Here is the schedule for other paving and full street closures, weather permitting:

Full closures – Wednesday and Thursday

• Currie Avenue (west of 12^th Street North)
• Chestnut Avenue (from 12^th Street North to 13^th Street North)
• Linden Avenue (from 15^th Street North to 16^th Street North)
• 16^th Street North (from Laurel Avenue to Linden Avenue)

Full closures – Thursday and Friay

• 13^th Street North (from Hawthorne Avenue to Hennepin Avenue)
• 15^th Street North (from Hawthorne Avenue to Laurel Avenue)
• 16^th Street North (from Laurel Avenue to Hennepin Avenue)
• Laurel Avenue (from 16^th Street North to Hennepin Avenue)
• Maple Street
• Harmon Place (from Lyndale Avenue to Maple Street)