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Apr 4th, 2025 👍 4239

Rochester and Minnesota revealed many 2025 construction projects including a new Link Bus Rapid Transit system with 12 stops on 2nd Street, roadway and sidewalk repairs, and intersection improvements—efforts that aim to enhance travel safety. The state transportation department said nearly 180 road projects will soon start statewide and urged drivers to use caution near work zones.

Apr 4th, 2025 👍 2811

Excavators began tearing away the exterior walls on the west end of Mayo Clinic’s Ozmun complex along Second Street Southwest this week as part of the Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester project—interior demolition had begun last summer and will clear the way for a new clinical building.

Apr 4th, 2025 👍 4165

Mayo Clinic announced that its busy eastern entrance to the Mayo and Gonda buildings downtown will be closed during a remodeling project scheduled to begin Saturday, April 12 and complete by June—signs and volunteers will direct pedestrians to below-ground subway entrances during the work.

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