Minneapolis - South Burroughs Area - Project Updates

CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractors are progressing on the project. Crews from Michels Corporation have finished the project’s natural gas work. This includes connecting the service lines to the new mains and putting the existing mains out of service. Crews from Q3 Contracting are following to restore the areas affected by Michels Corporation’s work, including hard and soft surfaces.

On the soft surfaces such as boulevards and lawns, various erosion control measures keep the restored area moist, hold seed in the soil, and enhance seed germination. If an erosion blanket is needed it is secured in place with staples. The mesh is a wood fiber that will completely degrade. Prior to mowing the restored area, remove any loose staples that secured the blanket.

One crew from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, replaced the project’s natural gas mains. Another Michels Corporation crew is connecting the natural gas service lines to the new mains on the 5200 block of Girard Avenue S. and the 5200 and 5300 blocks of Humboldt Avenue S.

The construction crews and personnel will continue to use the Covid-19 Customer Permission Flyer, which requests customer permission prior to entering homes. Personnel, contractors and CenterPoint Energy employees will continue to practice CDC guidelines regarding social distancing, sanitary practices and wearing face masks when entering customer homes.

The customer will receive a CenterPoint Energy postcard in the mail typically within one or two weeks prior to the day when the Michels Corporation crews will perform the work. The crews will have CenterPoint Energy-authorized photo IDs stating that they are employees of Michels Corporation.

After the customer receives the postcard, the foreman will arrive at the customer’s house to schedule an appointment that typically meets with the customer’s schedule. If the customer isn’t home when he arrives, he will leave a door tag with his contact information to schedule an appointment with him.

Customers are advised to set aside a two- to four-hour time frame for the inside-to-outside gas meter move. They are also advised to mark their privately-installed utilities such as dog fences or sprinklers. Marking can be accomplished with tools such as spray paint or utility flags. The foreman will access the natural gas meter inside the house, move the meter outside, and relight the natural gas appliance pilot lights after the new meter has been relocated.

Customers with outside meters will be notified prior to the replacement or connection of the service lines to the new mains. Areas affected by our work will be restored to their original condition.

In the week of June 7 or 14, crews from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, will have finished the project’s natural gas main replacements. Today on June 4, they are finishing Irving and James Avenues S. In the week of June 7, they will move to Morgan Avenue S. before finishing at Russell Avenue S. The other Michels Corporation crews are continuing to connect the natural gas service lines to the new mains.

Crews from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, have replaced the natural gas mains on Logan, Dupont and Bryant Avenues S. Last week they began replacing the main on Knox Avenue S.

The crews are currently connecting the project’s natural gas service lines to the new mains. With the service line work completed on Bryant Avenue S., the crews are on the following streets for approximately the weeks of May 17 and 24: Oliver Avenue S.; 53rd Street W.; Colfax and Dupont Avenues S. between 53rd and 54th Streets W.; Girard Avenue S. between Minnehaha Parkway and 54th Street W.; Logan Avenue S. between 52nd and 53rd Streets W.; and Newton Avenue S.

One crew from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, replaced most of the natural gas main on Logan Avenue S. and will finish at 52nd Street W. They are replacing the main under the east sidewalk of Bryant Avenue S. Another crew is beginning to connect the natural gas service lines on Dupont Avenue S.

Crews from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, plan to begin connecting the natural gas service lines to the new mains tomorrow on Tuesday, May 4. One crew will start at Cromwell Court and work east. Another crew will start on Aldrich Avenue S. between 53rd and 54th Streets W. and on 53rd Street W. between Aldrich and Bryant Avenues S.

On April 29, the crews will begin replacing the project’s natural gas mains, starting on the east side of Logan Avenue S. at 54th Street W. and working north. While the crews work for approximately two blocks at a time, parking and the sidewalk on the east side of Logan Avenue S. will be closed. On the west side of Logan Avenue S., parking and the sidewalk will be available.

Following the main crew is the service line replacement crew, connecting the service lines to the new main. The excavated sidewalk panels will have temporary gravel before and after the service line crew’s work is done. Q3 Contracting will restore the areas affected by Michels Corporation’s work outside the limits of the City of Minneapolis’s South Burroughs Area Resurfacing.

The crews will close Russell Avenue S. from Penn Avenue S. to 54th Street W. to through traffic. Although local residents can have access, parking will be restricted on both sides of Russell Avenue S. The sidewalks will be closed on Russell Avenue S. from Cromwell Drive to 54th Street W.

Beginning on April 26 and lasting into fall 2021, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractors will work in Minneapolis in the South Burroughs neighborhood in Minneapolis. While Michels Corporation will replace the natural gas main, connect the natural gas service lines to the new main, and move any inside residential meters outside, Q3 Contracting will restore the areas affected by Michels Corporation’s work outside the limits of the City of Minneapolis’s South Burroughs Area Resurfacing.

The following streets will have main, service line and meter work: Russell Avenue S. between 54th Street W. and Cromwell Drive; Morgan Avenue S. between 53rd and 54th Streets W.; Logan, Knox, James and Irving Avenues S. between 51st and 54th Streets W.; Dupont Avenue S. between 53rd Street W. and Minnehaha Parkway W.; and Bryant Avenue S. between 54th Street W. and Minnehaha Parkway W.

The following streets will have service line and meter work without any main work: Cromwell Court; Cromwell Drive; 53rd Street W. between Russell and Morgan Avenues S. and between Aldrich and Humboldt Avenues S.; Oliver and Newton Avenues S. between 53rd and 54th Streets W; Morgan Avenue S. (meter work only) between 51st and 53rd Streets W.; Humboldt and Girard Avenues S. between 52nd and 54th Streets W.; and Fremont, Emerson, Dupont, Colfax, and Aldrich Avenues S. between 53rd and 54th Streets W.