The City of Crookston’s Public Works Department is hard at work with several projects around town. They have been working on lighting and completing some work at the Mayor’s Courtyard. “We own a number of the lighting systems in town, so part of the crew is repairing some of the large overhead lights by the Fire Hall,” said Crookston Public Works Director Pat Kelly. “The Mayor’s Courtyard is undergoing a change with a new fountain and bike repair station. We had a leak in the water line this spring, so we needed to replace the sidewalk we tore up and we’re adding a six-foot curb cut to make it easier for bikes to come off the road and access the repair station.”
Kelly says he believes Davidson Construction should be starting to wrap up projects this week. “South Ash and 5th Avenue South should both be getting done this week we hope. Both the new construction on Ash and 5th need another layer as well as the area we replaced the water main in last year on 5th,” said Kelly. “We wanted to let that compact a bit before finishing and it’s a pretty big dip there so that will need to be done.” Kelly added that Riverside and Summit Avenues will both have sections milled and overlaid yet this fall.
The water department will be doing a meter replacement for another section of city and will be contacting residents soon for their new meters, according to Kelly, “We’re a little bit quicker through the process than we had planned, so that’s good and next year we’ll begin integrating some software to go along with the meter replacement.”
