Mendota Heights recently broke ground on a $6.8 million project to remodel and expand its 1980s-era fire station, which will add nearly 15,000 square feet to the complex.
The project will add an apparatus bay — where firetrucks and equipment are kept — along with a mezzanine area, training tower, offices, a classroom, kitchen and dorm rooms.
One of the smaller additions will include two garage bays for HealthEast ambulances.
Remodeled areas will include space for dispatch and storage, and a place to decontaminate and wash gear.
The price tag came in about 21% higher than initial estimates, which the construction firm attributed to "a less-than-competitive bidding climate," city officials said.
Erin Adler
Chanhassen
Five arboretum area roads to be studied
Transportation needs around the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum are being studied by Carver County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation, along with the cities of Victoria, Chaska and Chanhassen.
The report will address roadway safety, traffic management, pedestrian and bicycle connections, transit needs and environmental concerns on five roads: Hwys. 5 and 41, Rolling Acres and Bavaria roads, and W. 82nd Street. Drones are being flown over those roads to collect survey and engineering data.
The project team will offer several opportunities for public input. For more information, go to co.carver.mn.us/ArboretumAreaTransportationPlan or contact Angie Stenson, senior transportation planner for Carver County, at 952-466-5200.
