Street Maintenance
The City of Prior Lake maintains nearly 100 miles of existing local streets. The city utilizes a variety of maintenance methods including bituminous patching, crack sealing, seal coating and overlaying to maximize the life of streets. Many of the streets built in the 70s and 80s are showing substantial wear due to older construction methods and the soils underneath. The city is committed to reconstructing these streets. Until that time, the city will utilize available funding to keep them safe and useable.
Maintenance and construction workers can be very vulnerable when working on street repairs and construction. Please use care and patience when maneuvering around or through construction zones. For questions regarding scheduled projects, contact Public Works at (952) 447-9830 or visit the Street and Utility Projects page.
The largest improvement to streets each year is the street overlay projects in early summer. Residential street seal coating will take also place in early June. Pavement crack sealing is scheduled for many areas throughout the community. For more information, click for Street Maintenance Map.
Winter Maintenance Policy: defines and outlines snow and ice control objectives and procedures as established by the City of Prior Lake and information on priority snow routes and proper mailbox placement to protect it from the snow plows.
These are the Mail Box Regulations only.
Load Limits: Spring load restrictions
took effect March 8, 2009 and remained in place until Monday, April 20, 2009 at 12:01 a.m., as determined by Mn/DOT. During this time, county, city and township roads, unless posted otherwise, will be limited to the axle limits shown on the map. For state highway load restrictions, see the MnDOT Office of Materials and Road Research website.
| Seal Coating and Crack Sealing |
Residential street seal coating will take place in early June. Street and Utility crews are currently in the process of tagging houses and businesses that are in this years street seal coat areas. Do not park in the street or blow grass clippings into the street. When can you drive on a road that has been seal coated? As soon as the rock is down, which is seconds after the oil is applied.
Pavement crack sealing is scheduled for many areas throughout the community every year.
City staff asks residents to obey all warning signs and slow travel in and around construction work zones. For questions regarding scheduled projects, contact Public Works at (952) 447-9830.
Click for Street Maintenance Map
Spring sweeping of snow and ice control aggregate will begin when streets are significantly clear of snow and ice, usually late March or early April, after the risk of later snowfall has passed. Spring sweeping is typically completed by May 15. Fall sweeping will commence Sept. 15 and typically is completed by Nov. 15. Areas with extensive foliage will be swept after most of the leaves have fallen.
Click to view the maps below.
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| Winter Parking Restrictions |
In order to expedite the prompt and efficient removal of snow from the streets of the city, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle or permit it to stand on any street within the city between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. from Nov. 1 until March 31 of the following year. During all other times of the year, it is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle or permit it to stand on any public street within the city between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. after a continuous or intermittent snowfall during which there has been an accumulation of two inches or more of snow on any street, and until the snow has been plowed or removed to the full width of the street. Any vehicle parked in violation of this subsection may be towed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 169.041. A violation of this subsection shall be a petty misdemeanor. The city contracts with Allen's Towing Service at (952) 894-1000, 7215 W. 128th St. in Savage.
1. Yield to snowplows. They travel slower than posted speeds.
2. Give snowplow drivers plenty of room to do their jobs.
3. Never drive into a snow cloud.
4. Slow down! Never use cruise control on wet or icy roads.
5. Stay alert. A snowplow weighs 17 times more than a car. In a crash, occupants of a car are much more likely to be seriously injured.
6. Be patient. Follow at a safe distance. Allow at least five car lengths between your vehicle and a snowplow.
MN. Statute 169.14 establishes statutory speed limits on most typical roadways under ideal conditions. All other speed limits are set by the DOT Commissioner based upon an engineering and traffic investigation. The Office of Traffic, Security and Operations (OTSO) administers the speed limit program and determines the policy and practices to execute such studies. The district traffic offices perform the studies. In gen
eral, Mn/DOT follows the guidelines for determining safe speeds as prescribed by the National Institute of Transportation Engineers. OTSO also systematically monitors travel speeds on major categories of roads for overall system performance." For more information on speed limits, please visit the Minn. Dept. of Transportation website.
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