The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Minneapolis Public Works Department will present proposed plans and changes to freeway access, parking and traffic restrictions around along East Hennepin Avenue in the East Bank neighborhood near the Mississippi, as well as near the junction of East Hennepin and I-35W.

The two separate meetings will tale place Sept. 4 and Sept. 11 at the Intelligent Nutrients Building, 983 E. Hennepin Ave., according to an email from Ward Three Council Member Diane Hofstede. Both meetings will run from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Tuesday, Sept. 4 meeting will be about plans to create a new off ramp from I-35W North onto Hennepin Avenue, accessing either Northeast Buchanan or Northeast Lincoln street.

The following week, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, representatives from the Minneapolis Public Works Department will present proposed changes relating to parking, traffic restrictions and street striping for Southeast Fifth Street and Central, Hennepin and First avenues Northeast in the East Bank neighborhood and along the Marcy Holmes border.

Traffic in those areas has been congested since the collapse of the I-35W bridge Aug. 1, and traffic patrols have been directing drivers through the area.

For more information about the meetings or plans, call Hofstede’s office at 612-673-2203.

last revised: September 10, 2007

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