Minneapolis - Ventura Village - Project Updates

CenterPoint Energy has completed construction in this area. We thank you for your patience this season!

A crew from Michels Corporation, a CenterPoint Energy natural gas contractor, finished the natural gas line replacements in CenterPoint’s project in Ventura Village this summer. This included moving inside meters outside and replacing and/or reconnecting service lines to the new mains installed in June.

Residents will see temporary backfill on the excavations. Backfill can include dirt, gravel, or temporary asphalt. A few weeks after the natural gas work is done, a crew from Q3 Contracting, a CenterPoint authorized contractor, will follow to permanently restore the areas affected by Michels Corporation’s work.

The hard surfaces will be restored to their original condition. Boulevards and lawns will receive black dirt, grass seed, and netting that degrades over about four months. We appreciate your patience as we upgraded our infrastructure. Have a great season!

Crews from Michels Corporation, an authorized CenterPoint Energy company, anticipate finishing the natural gas work on CenterPoint’s 24th Street E. project in the middle of July.

This week, one crew is installing a new natural gas main under the north sidewalk of 24th Street E. between Chicago Avenue and Oakland Avenue. In the week of June 17, the crew plans to install the new main under the north sidewalk of 24th Street E. between Oakland Avenue and 5th Avenue S. This will be the project’s final few blocks in which the new main will be installed. Another crew is following the main crew to move inside meters outside by appointment and replace and/or reconnect the natural gas service lines to the new main. They anticipate finishing their work in July.

During all this natural gas work into the middle of July, the north sidewalk will be closed while the south sidewalk will be open. Parking will be closed on the north side of 24th Street E. When the natural gas work is finished, the crews will backfill the excavations; while hard surfaces may have gravel or temporary asphalt, soft surfaces will have dirt.

A crew from Q3 Contracting, another CenterPoint Energy authorized contractor, will follow to restore the areas outside the City of Minneapolis’s 2024 ADA Upgrade Project and 2025 Resurfacing Project. Hard surfaces will be restored to their original condition. Soft surfaces will have dirt, grass seed, and netting that degrades over about four months.

From Friday, June 7 to Wednesday, June 12, a crew from Michels Corporation, a CenterPoint Energy authorized contractor, plans to install a natural gas main under the north sidewalk of 24th Street E. from Chicago Avenue S. to Oakland Avenue. During this time, traffic will remain open in each direction. Parking, the north sidewalk, and the bike lane will be closed on the north side of 24th Street E. The south sidewalk and south bike lane will remain open on the south side of 24th Street E.

After this stretch is done with the main installation, this crew will begin installing a main on 24th Street E. between Oakland Avenue and 5th Avenue S. More details will follow.

A crew from Michels Corporation, a CenterPoint Energy authorized contractor, began replacing the natural gas infrastructure for CenterPoint Energy’s project on 24th Street E. in Ventura Village.

This week, the crew began replacing the natural gas main under the north sidewalk of 24th Street E. between 12th Avenue S. and 10th Avenue S. They anticipate putting in all the footage of the main in this area by Friday, May 31. During this time, parking will be restricted on both sides of 24th Street E. While the north sidewalk will be closed, the south sidewalk will be open. The crews will not work on Friday, May 24 or Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day weekend.

In the week of June 3, they plan to put the new natural gas main under the north sidewalk of 24th Street E. between 10th Avenue S. and Chicago Avenue. They may work on Saturday, June 1.

This year from Monday, May 20 into late June or early July 2024, they will work on 24th Street E. between 5th Avenue S. and 12th Avenue S. in conjunction with the City of Minneapolis’s 2024 ADA Upgrade Project and 2025 Resurfacing Project.

CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractors, Michels Corporation and Q3 Contracting, are continuing the project into June.

From Monday, May 22 to Friday, June 2, the Michels Corporation crew will close 24th Street E. from 14th to 15th Avenues S.

From Monday, May 29 to Monday, June 12, the crew will close 14th Avenue S. from 24th to 25th Streets E.

During these closures, local access will be maintained. The crews will work with residents and businesses. Through traffic will be detoured to the next block over.

To connect the new mains to the existing intersecting mains, the crews will return to two intersections along the project’s route: 15th Avenue S. and 22nd Street E., and 14th Avenue S. and 22nd Street E. They plan to work on these in the week of June 12. Expect full road closures of these intersections for approximately two business days.

For approximately one week, a crew from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, will replace the natural gas main under 15th Avenue S. from 22nd to 24th Streets E. During this time, parking will be restricted on both sides of 15th Avenue S. in this area, and the road will be closed on 15th Avenue S. from 22nd to 24th Streets E.

On Tuesday, April 25, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, Michels Corporation, will open 14th Avenue S. from 24th to 25th Streets E. and a portion of 22nd Street E. at 17th Avenue S., so that drivers can access the intersection heading west on 22nd Street E. or heading north on 17th Avenue S.

From Wednesday, April 26 to until May 5, they will close 22nd Street E. from Bloomington to 17th Avenues S., including the intersection of 16th Avenue S. and 22nd Street E. During this time, detour signs will lead through traffic to 24th Street E., Bloomington Avenue, and Franklin Avenue.

From Saturday, May 6 to Sunday, May 7, the crew plans to cross Bloomington Avenue S. at 22nd Street E.

On Tuesday, April 18, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, Michels Corporation, will begin replacing a large-diameter natural gas steel main in Ventura Village. Below is the crew’s anticipated schedule:

From Tuesday, April 18 to Tuesday, April 25, the crew plans to close 14th Avenue S. from 24th to 25th Streets E.

From Tuesday, April 18 to Friday, May 5, the crew plans to close 22nd Street E. from 16th Avenue S. to east of the driveway of 1700 22nd Street E.

From Saturday, May 6 to Sunday, May 7, the crew plans to cross Bloomington Avenue S. at 22nd Street E. More details will be posted closer to then.

A portion of this project will occur for several months in 2023, beginning in early April. A natural gas crew will replace a large-diameter natural gas steel main along the following streets:

22nd Street E. from 15th to 18th Avenues S.; 15th Avenue S. from 22nd to 24th Streets E.; 24th Street E. from 14th to 15th Avenues S.; and 14th Avenue S. from 24th to 25th Streets E.

During this time, unless there are changes to the plan, no full road closures are expected. The crews plan to close the parking, lane, and sidewalk on the side of the road where they’re working. In some areas, parking will be closed on both sides of the road for the safety of the crews and through traffic. Entrances to parking lots and driveways will remain open. If the crews need to temporarily cross a driveway, they will work with the resident or business owner.

Q3 Contracting will restore the areas affected by the natural gas crew’s work.

A portion of this project has been postponed to 2023. For approximately two months at a date that is to be determined, a crew will replace the large-diameter natural gas steel main. More information will be provided closer to the start date. We appreciate your patience and wish you a good fall season.

From Wednesday, March 30 to Monday, April 4 or Tuesday, April 5, a crew from Michels Corporation, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, have closed the east lane, parking, and sidewalk on 14th Avenue S. from 24th to 25th Streets E. to accommodate the plastic main replacement. The crews have flaggers on site helping direct traffic. In these intersections, bikers will have to temporarily share the road with vehicular traffic.

In the weeks of March 28 and April 4, one crew from CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, Michels Corporation, plans to replace the first natural gas main, which is small-diameter plastic, on 14th Avenue S. from 22nd to 25th Streets E. In the week of April 11, another Michels Corporation crew plans to connect the service lines to the new main and move inside meters outside. After this work is done, a crew from Q3 Contracting, CenterPoint Energy’s authorized contractor, will restore the areas affected by Michels Corporation’s work.