City outlines street reconstruction project starting mid-June
The Inver Grove Heights City Council held an informational meeting on June 1st to brief residents on an upcoming reconstruction project for Delaney Court and Delaney Circle. The $2+ million project, awarded to McNamara Contracting, will begin the week of June 14th and is expected to wrap up in early August.
City staff engineer Jake Moser detailed the scope of City Project 20209-D, which involves partial reconstruction of both streets including new pavement, culvert replacements, and drainage improvements. The city received bids on April 27th and awarded the contract to McNamara Contracting on May 10th after it came in as the low bidder with costs under preliminary estimates.
The city made a significant concession to residents by moving the assessment hearing—where property owners learn what they'll pay toward the project—to after construction is complete. This means final assessments will be based on actual construction costs rather than preliminary estimates, a change made in response to resident feedback.
During a question-and-answer session, residents raised concerns about mailboxes, driveway damage, and construction timelines. The city confirmed that the contractor will temporarily relocate mailboxes to a shared cluster, likely near Invergrove Trail, following direction from the postmaster. Regarding driveways, Moser stated the city is "very much minimizing driveway impacts" by matching the new roadway profile to existing conditions, meaning most driveways won't need replacement—only a saw cut line where the new pavement meets the old.
Residents will generally maintain driveway access throughout construction, though access will be temporarily restricted when equipment operates directly in front of homes. The city emphasized these restrictions will be brief. Garbage and recycling service and package deliveries will be accommodated during construction. Disturbed turf areas will be reseeded, with the contractor responsible for establishment.
The project originated from a neighborhood petition with broad resident support. Residents can sign up for email updates through the city's "Notify Me" service to receive project notifications.
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Delaney Court and Delaney Circle Improvements Project Information Meeting
This informational meeting provided residents with a comprehensive update on City Project 20209-D. Staff engineer Jake Moser detailed the project's scope, current status, construction timeline, and anticipated impacts on residents. The meeting included a Q&A session where residents asked about mailbox relocation, construction duration, and driveway apron replacement policy. The city emphasized efforts to minimize disruption and provided contact information for the project inspector.
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this is for street improvements for delaney circle and delaney court the scope of the improvements it's considered a partial reconstruction of both streets it includes some a few roadway and driveway culvert replacements and some minor ditch grading improvements for storm water drainage
the city received bids on april 27th and then city council awarded the project mcnamara contracting was the low bidder that occurred on may 10th the next step following tonight's meeting is the tentative construction start is scheduled for the week of june 14th with a project completion expected in early august
at council direction and based on some feedback from from residents we're moving the assessment hearing to after construction and the assessments will be the final assessments will be proposed based on actual construction costs
residential driveway access will generally be maintained at all times it will be restricted when there's equipment operating directly in front of your driveway um but that'll be a fairly brief period of time
they the contract will remove them and they will also reinstall them during during while the road work is occurring the contract is required to get get um direction from the postmaster what what we expect is there will likely be a shared mailbox cluster probably up at invergrove trail
at this point we're we're matching the roadway profile so we're not expecting to replace any driveways all of them are going to need some reasonable saw cut line... we're very much minimizing driveway impacts
well it's um residents supported all the neighborhoods request in the whole neighborhood or you know most of the neighborhood signed the petition for it and this is a no it was long overdue it needed to be done
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City project ID for Delaney Court and Delaney Circle improvements.
Previous hearing where the City Council ordered the project.
Document that provided preliminary assessment amounts for the project.
Email service for residents to receive project updates from the city.
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Resident Q&A: Mailboxes, Schedule, and Driveway Aprons
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