Submitted Art The boxed and lined areas show construction locations. Railway Avenue will remain closed this summer, while other routes shown reflect local and truck detours.

Construction will be started in upcoming weeks on the Phase MI-5 Northeast Tieback Levee of the flood protection project, according to the Souris River Joint Board. Construction activities will focus on utility and pavement removal and installation near the intersection of Third Street and FIfth Avenue Northeast.

Starting Tuesday, April 16, Fifth Avenue Northeast will be closed to through traffic, starting at Third Street from the west. Third Street will be open to through traffic; however, temporary street lights will be added to the intersection of Sixth Avenue Northeast and Third Street to alleviate construction traffic.

Access to local businesses will be signed along the travel route through the construction zone.

It is anticipated that Third Street will be closed to through traffic in early May and will be unavailable for through-traffic for about 40 days. An updated notice will be shared when construction dates are known.

Railway Avenue will continue to be closed to traffic from Third Street to 27th Street Northeast for the 2024 construction season. It is anticipated Railway Avenue will reopen to through traffic in the fall of 2024.

Through traffic on Railway Avenue will continue to detour south to Burdick Expressway, while local traffic will utilize Sixth Avenue Northeast to access residential neighborhoods north of Railway Avenue.

The work on Railway Avenue and 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency 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.