A temporary traffic bypass will be placed on Fourth Avenue Northeast for eastbound and westbound traffic starting Monday. The bypass will take traffic south of the current road onto a temporary roadway for a short stretch before returning to the original roadway. The bypass is expected to be in place through Oct. 3.

The traveling public should be prepared for temporary delays and use caution while navigating this stretch of road.

Starting Oct. 3 Fourth Avenue Northeast will be closed to eastbound and westbound through traffic between Seventh Street Northeast and 27th Street Northeast. Traffic control will route through traffic to Burdick Expressway to bypass this area. Access to Lowe’s Garden Center will be off 27th Street Southeast This closure is expected to be in place through November 2022.

The work on Fourth Avenue Northeast is part of the Phase MI-5 Northeast Tieback Levee Project, a Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project phase. Phase MI-5 includes earthen levees, arterial road changes, a dry stormwater pond, floodwalls, a city greenway feature and a stormwater pump station.

When completed and connected to the first four phases of the MREFPP, the MI-5 phase will help remove about 60% of Minot residents from the proposed FEMA floodplain and provide long-term flood protection to the record flood of 2011. All the enhanced flood protection projects currently under construction and those under design provide a level of protection equal to the 2011 flood, plus three feet of freeboard.

For more details on the project and the latest information, go to www.mouseriverplan.com or search on Facebook and like the project information page.