Construction Projects
Construction Vehicle Traffic
A site plan will be submitted to the City of St. Paul for approval of construction truck routes.
Construction vehicles will use Cretin, usually coming from Interstate 94, and will not travel on residential streets (e.g., Summit Avenue and Mississippi River Boulevard). The entrance to Lot H from Cretin will be the main entrance point to the site. Most, if not all, vehicles will used the fenced-in staging area of Lot H for layovers. Construction traffic will exit onto Cretin.
During the three-week demolition stage, crews will remove an estimated 700 truckloads (12,000 cubic yards) of debris and average 30 loads a day. Trucks leaving the site will turn onto Cretin.
During the four-week site excavation stage, crews will remove an estimated 820 truckloads (13,000 cubic yards) of debris and average 40 loads a day. Trucks leaving the site will turn onto Cretin.
Truck arrivals and departures will be staggered as much as possible to reduce the amount of time that they have to idle on the site. Opus will post a flag person at the site entrance off Cretin when traffic guidance is necessary.
