WOODBURY, MN (WNN) – Good news: One major road in Woodbury is reopening. Bad news: Another one is closing.
Radio Drive at the intersection of Valley Creek Road is expected to open back up to traffic tomorrow night after about two weeks of being closed. Then Monday, Valley Creek Road at the same spot is scheduled to shut down in both directions from Tower Drive to Colby Lake Drive.
The traffic adjustments are part of installing water pipes for the Water Treatment Plant. To get to Woodbury City Hall, drivers will need to use City Centre Drive. The construction project website can be found here.
Valley Creek Road will reopen in sections. In about three weeks, eastbound Valley Creek Road will welcome traffic again from Tower Drive to Radio Drive with City Centre Drive north of Valley Creek Road then closing.
A city news release states Eastbound Valley Creek Road from Central Park Place/Donegal Drive to Colby Lake Drive and westbound Valley Creek Road from Colby Lake Drive to Tower Drive will remain closed.
Valley Creek Road is anticipated to reopen to eastbound and westbound traffic with lane restrictions in mid to late July.
The city release adds:
New trail closures beginning Monday, May 12
- Valley Creek Road between Tower Drive and Colby Lake Drive, on both the north and south sides will be closed.
- The trail along Tower Drive, north of Valley Creek Road, to the playground area will be closed for two weeks. The playground area remains open.
- The unpaved trail accessing Tamarack Nature Preserve off Valley Creek Road (located between Tower Drive and City Centre Drive) is closed.
The following road and trail closures remain in effect:
- Cottage Grove Drive between Eagle View Boulevard and Woodcrest Drive, closed to thru traffic.
- Interlachen Parkway between Inverness Road Pioneer Drive closed through early August.
- Pioneer Drive from Interlachen Parkway thru Savanna Oaks Pass, and between Interlachen Parkway and Timberwood Road closed through early August.
- Dale Road from Radio Drive to Chestnut Drive closed through late June.
- The trail on the south side of Bailey Road between Woodlane Drive and Radio Drive is closed.
- The trail segment from Arbor Drive to Gordon Bailey Elementary School is closed. Students walking to Gordon Bailey Elementary School are encouraged to walk on Hargis Parkway and Woodlane Drive to enter through the school front entrance.
- The trail on the east side of Radio Drive from Hargis Parkway to Bailey Road and the connecting trail to the parking lot of the M Health Fairview Sports Center are closed.
