Cottage Grove Construction Update Just Outside Woodbury

From Washington County:

County Road 22 (70th Street South) will be closed to traffic between County Road 19 (Keats Avenue) and Jamaica Avenue in Cottage Grove as early as Monday, July 29.

The closure will remain in effect for approximately 90 days. The signed detour route will be Jamaica Avenue on the west, County Road 20 (Military Road) on the north, and County Road 19 (Keats Avenue) on the east. 

The purpose of this project is to improve safety and mobility on county roads 19, 20, and 22. The project involves consolidating two closely-spaced four-way stops on County Road 19 (Keats Avenue) into one roundabout.

This project also provides a unique opportunity for Washington County and the South Washington Watershed District (SWWD) to pool their resources and delivery two separate construction projects under one contract. This is an efficient and cost-effective way to get work done. At the same time the county is building a new alignment of County Road 20, the SWWD is building a portion of its regional drainage system, just more than one mile (5,778 feet) of new 72-inch pipe in the area of the County Road 22 and new County Road 20 alignment.

For more information, contact Mindy Leadholm, Communications Coordinator, at Washington County at mindy.leadholm@co.washington.mn.us or 651-430-4361 (office) or 651-470-7754 (cell).