Shakopee Snapshot: Spring 2024

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CONSTRUCTION CORNER Stay up-to-date on City of Shakopee construction projects

Seasonal Yard Waste Service from DSI, the city’s garbage hauler: ■ Includes a 65-gallon cart (must weigh less than 100 pounds), plus five brown compostable bags or bundles per week (bags not supplied by DSI). ■ Seasonal service runs from mid-April to mid-November, weather permitting. On-Call Yard Waste Service from DSI: ■ Priced at $3.86 per compostable bag, with a limit of up to five bags per week. ■ On-call yard waste service is available from mid-April to mid November, weather permitting. ■ To request this service, contact DSI at least 48 hours in advance of your service day at 952-469-2239 or email shakopee@ dickssanitation.com . SMSC Organics Recycling Facility: ■ Scott County residents can dispose of yard waste and organic food waste at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Organics Recycling Facility for free from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday in May. Bring your ID! As the spring season approaches, it might be handy to know your options for yard waste disposal. Here are three services to help keep your green spaces tidy: The City’s annual street maintenance program includes the rehabili tation of various streets throughout the city. The program is designed to preserve and protect the pavement, with a goal of extending the life expectancy before a street requires complete reconstruction. The improvements that will be completed with the 2024 project include: ■ Removing the top two inches of pavement ■ Replacing deficient or damaged curb and sidewalk ■ Upgrading the sidewalk curb ramp facilities to improve accessibility ■ Paving a new top layer of asphalt Roads that will undergo these improvements include: ■ Overlay Area A —portions of Apgar Street, Scott Street and Atwood Street, Hennes Avenue, Fuller Street and Sommerville Street ■ Overlay Area B —portions of Cavanaugh Drive, Sarazin Street, Fourth Avenue, Alysheba Road, Jeffer Allen Drive, Industrial Boulevard, Industrial Circle, Citation Drive and Valley Park Drive ■ Overlay Area C —portions of 18th Avenue, Wyndam Court, Wyndam Drive, Philipp Drive, Philipp Avenue and Philipp Way ■ Overlay Area D —Fuller Street from Highway 169 to the south city limits

The 2024 Pavement Management Project will also include rehabili tation of the existing asphalt, which consists of crack sealing, minor concrete curb and sidewalk replacement, spot pavement patching, utility repairs and application of a chip seal coat of the road surface. The roads included in the pavement rehabilitation project area are: ■ Rehab Area A —Foothill Trail between Crossings Boulevard and County Road 16, Spring Lake Drive, Portage Lane, Moraine Circle and Moraine Drive ■ R ehab Area B —Bluff Avenue, and portions of roadways north of County Road 101 including Main Street, Minnesota Street, Dakota Street, Prairie Street, and Naumkeag Street The project areas will be completed throughout the construction season between May and September. Exact dates for improvement areas will be determined once a contractor is selected in the spring. Residents living within these road construction areas will receive a project newsletter in the mail prior to the project beginning. The newsletter will provide dates of construction, along with informa tion on what to expect throughout the duration of the project. For information about city road projects any time, including maps and other details, visit www.ShakopeeMN.gov/roadprojects .

Properly dispose of yard waste

■ Acceptable waste includes leaves, grass clippings, brush, branches, logs (less than 10 feet in length), stumps, and other compostable material. ■ Facility Address: 1905 Mystic Lake Drive S., Shakopee. For more information, visit www.smscorf.com .

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