I-94 Project Starting In Maple Grove Scheduled For This Summer

MAPLE GROVE, MN — The Minnesota Department of Transportation starts work this summer expanding and improving a 39-mile section of Interstate 94 between Maple Grove and Clearwater that.

Transit officials say when the project is complete, it will reduce congestion, improve safety, provide a smoother ride and extend the life of the pavement.

The project is expected to cost $350 million. It is partly paid for using the Corridors for Commerce program, created in 2013 by the legislature to provide additional highway capacity on segments where there are bottlenecks in the system and to improve the movement of freight and reduce barriers to commerce.

Motorists can expect reduced speeds, lane closures and occasional lane closures. Between 45,000 and 117,000 vehicles use the freeway between Maple Grove and Clearwater daily.

Crews will add lanes, resurface freeway and replace bridges between St. Michael and Albertville, according to a news release.

They will add lanes, resurface freeway and add safety features between Clearwater and Monticello; and build new pavement between Maple Grove and Rogers and add a lane between Highway 610 and Highway 101. An interchange will be built near Dayton.

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