Roads
Every road in Nowthen, drawn from Anoka County's official centerline data. Click a road to see what the record holds for it: engineer pavement ratings, the project history (overlays, reconstructions, assessments), and a jump to everything else the archive says about it. Highlighted roads have a rating or a project in the city record; gray means no record in the archive yet (it begins around 2011, plus the 2008 and 2015 studies). Tan roads are maintained by Anoka County or the state.
Source links are official records; summaries are auto-extracted and not yet verified by hand.
Read nextWhat Nowthen's roads cost, and why →How much road the city owns, what it spends to keep it up next to every other Anoka County city, and why each new subdivision adds road the whole town pays for. The arithmetic, from the city's own records.Start here
Nowthen maintains about 59 miles of city-owned road, roughly 36 miles paved and 25 gravel. Keeping a paved road in good shape costs a little every few years; letting it fail costs many times more. Everything below is the record behind those facts: what road upkeep actually costs, what peer cities spend, every project the city has logged, and the engineer's pavement ratings.
Interactive map of Nowthen roads, color-coded by whether the archive holds a pavement-condition rating or project record. Use the rating table and project lists below for a text list of roads, ratings, and projects.
Click any road on the map to see what the city record holds for it: pavement ratings, the engineer's recommended repair and its cost, and a jump to everything else the archive says about it.
＋ Why the map doesn't mark gravel, and the mileage figures－ Hide note
Surface type (paved vs. gravel) isn't published in the county's road data, so this map doesn't mark which roads are gravel yet. At the January 13, 2026 improvement hearing the city engineer told the council Nowthen maintains about 36 miles of paved roads and 25 miles of gravel roads (see the record). The cross-city table below uses MnDOT's city-owned centerline mileage (58.68 miles) so every city is measured the same way; the city's own public-works description rounds the system to about 61 miles. They describe the same roads, counted slightly differently.
What every city in the county spends on streets
How many miles of road each city actually maintains, what it spent on streets, and how it pays. A city with real debt service and little special-assessment revenue tends to bond for roads; one with cash street construction and no debt service tends to pay as it goes. Audited spending is 2023 (MN State Auditor); road miles are 2024 (MnDOT). Rows are ordered by similarity to Nowthen.
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| City | City road miles | Total street spending (2023) | Per road mile (2023) | Street construction | Debt service | Special assessments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nowthen that's us | 58.7 | $611,771 | $10,425.55 | $162,443 | $442,878 | $119,738 |
| Ham Lake | 155.6 | $3,887,200 | $25,027.04 | $2,645,876 | $203,542 | $63,394 |
| Andover | 206.4 | $11,231,588 | $54,844.42 | $8,450,682 | $3,917,157 | $1,114,953 |
| East Bethel | 131.3 | $2,645,448 | $20,214.32 | $1,583,806 | $876,125 | $302,086 |
| Lino Lakes | 107.1 | $4,533,781 | $42,530.78 | $2,642,338 | $2,907,744 | $1,025,575 |
| Columbus | 71.3 | $1,562,934 | $22,037.99 | $729,457 | $1,114,592 | $534,217 |
| Oak Grove | 124.7 | $2,364,408 | $19,050.91 | $1,697,873 | $15,142 | $86,484 |
| Ramsey | 187.9 | $17,728,335 | $95,211.25 | $12,175,501 | $3,579,179 | $562,227 |
| Centerville | 16.3 | $525,162 | $32,159.34 | $184,410 | $398,703 | $198,640 |
| Bethel | 2.8 | $141,188 | $50,066.67 | $65,900 | $85,169 | $0 |
| St. Francis | 49.2 | $1,149,411 | $23,352.52 | $569,826 | $859,851 | $41,092 |
| Circle Pines | 17.4 | $546,277 | $31,377.20 | $198,884 | $1,306,096 | $276,500 |
| Coon Rapids | 219.4 | $13,474,484 | $61,420.75 | $7,234,160 | $6,851,402 | $2,149,249 |
| Blaine | 259.3 | $32,644,502 | $125,957.87 | $26,095,631 | $6,325,309 | $1,490,490 |
| Fridley | 103.3 | $8,588,212 | $82,610.73 | $5,721,043 | $5,572,085 | $683,922 |
| Spring Lake Park | 27.2 | $968,660 | $35,599.41 | $61,457 | $741,812 | $78,891 |
| Columbia Heights | 57 | $7,181,138 | $125,896.53 | $4,990,838 | $3,929,008 | $819,886 |
| Lexington | 9.2 | $316,235 | $34,561.20 | $135,683 | $252,938 | $81,511 |
| Anoka | 72.8 | $27,921,835 | $384,757.27 | $2,673,135 | $2,268,308 | $689,000 |
| Hilltop | 1.3 | $244,427 | $190,958.59 | $27,683 | $0 | $0 |
“Total street spending” combines maintenance, snow/ice, engineering, lighting, construction, and other street capital outlay for the audited year. “Debt service” is bond principal plus interest across all funds, not only roads.
Road projects
The projects the council actually voted to pay for: one line each, the company that did the work, and the price the city agreed to, read straight from the award resolution. For a single road's full history, click it on the map above.
Source links are official records; summaries are auto-extracted. No figure here is an official budget number.
2025 awards
Overlay Project2025
Krypton Street · Lithium Street · 189th Lane · 194th Lane · Tiger Street
Work by North Valley, Inc.
Culvert Replacement on 218th Ave NW2025
218th Ave NW
Work by Dave Perkins Contracting
＋ Show awards from earlier years (5)－ Hide earlier years
Striping Quotes for Old Viking Blvd., 185th & 187th, and Clifton Road2023
Old Viking Blvd · 185th · 187th · Clifton Road
Work by Sir Lines-A-Lot LLC
Road Improvement Projects (Old Viking Boulevard, Halas Street, Garnet Street, Meadows of Verde Valley Addition and Rolling Hills)2019
Old Viking Boulevard · Halas Street · Garnet Street · Meadows of Verde Valley Addition · Rolling Hills
Work by North Valley, Inc.
Crack Seal Bids2016
Work by Asphalt Concrete Solutions
$28,973.70accepted bidsource p.6full bid (PDF)Birchwood Lane cul-de-sac construction2014
Birchwood Lane
Work by Dennis Hall Etd. Excavating
$7,401.50accepted bidsource p.5full bid (PDF)Road Patching2011
Work by Diversified Paving
$37,380accepted bidsource p.4full bid (PDF)
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Everything the meeting record mentions for each year — estimates, studies, bids, awards, assessments, and bond plans. The same project recurs as it moves from estimate to bid to assessment, so don't add these figures together. Rows the council awarded are tagged Accepted bid so you can match them to the clean list above.
2026
Lithium St NW · Engren's Addition (Lithium St. NW)
Tiger St NW · Sun Land Acres 2nd Addition (Tiger St. NW)
Jasper St NW · Eaton St NW · Waco St NW · Xenon St NW · 224th Ct NW · 229th Ave NW · 222nd Cir NW · Baugh St NW …
Krypton St NW · Shiloh Creek (Krypton St. NW)
Twin Lakes Rd NW
Basalt St NW
Basalt St NW
Barium St NW
218th Ave NW
＋ How 2026 was funded (5)－ Hide funding & plans
- 2026/2027 Road Improvements BondingBond / funding$1,140,000
- Road Improvement PlanCapital plan$560,000
- State Road Funding ProjectionRoad work$74,000
- County Project (Road Improvement Fund)Road work$24,175
- 5-Year Phased Gravel Road Improvement PlanCapital plan
2025
Krypton St NW · 194th Ln NW · Tiger St NW · 189th Ln NW · Lithium St NW · 180th · 194th · Lithium …
Work by North Valley, Inc.
205th Ave NW · Verde Valley Rd NW · Hillside Trl NW · Zeolite · 223rd · Variolite · Xenon · Basalt …
218th Ave NW · 185th
Work by Dave Perkins Contracting
Rogers Lake
Coquina St NW
＋ How 2025 was funded (8)－ Hide funding & plans
- Series 2025A GO Bonds (Road Projects)Road work$1,460,000
- Series 2025A GO Bonds (Assessable Improvements)Road work$1,405,000
- Road Project (Unspecified)Bond / funding$510,000
- Nowthen Road Funding & Maintenance Plan DiscussionStudy$500,000
- Road Improvement Fund ReductionRoad work$150,000
- October Engineering Misc Road ProjectsRoad work$362.50
- Baugh Street ProjectStudy
- 15-Year Road Project Cost ProjectionStudy
2024
Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW · Rogers Lake Road · Waco St. and Drive · Rogers Lake Area
Work by GMH Asphalt
Erkium St NW
Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW
205th Ave NW · Nowthen Blvd (AKA C.SA.H. No. 5) · CSAH 5 (Nowthen Boulevard NW) · CSAH 24 (Norris Lake Road NW) · Nowthen Blvd NW
Coquina St NW · Viking Blvd NW
181st Ave NW
＋ How 2024 was funded (7)－ Hide funding & plans
- 2025-2027 Road Improvements Recommendations (Council Review)Study$500,000
- Moore Engineering Road StudyStudy$21,200
- Road Ratings Inventory and Pavement Maintenance MapCapital plan$21,200
- Asphalt Road StudyStudy$21,000
- Road Study (Master Service Agreement)Study$21,000
- Road Improvement AssessmentRoad work
- Waco Drive 2024 Repairs Feasibility StudyStudy
2023
Petersons Pond View · Engren Addition · Prairie Brook · Westpahl Country Acres · Oak Pond · Shiloh Creek · Commercial Park · Sun Land Acres 2nd addition
Jasper St NW
Spinnaker Lake Road Project
205th Ave NW
Rogers Lake
Xenon St NW
＋ How 2023 was funded (5)－ Hide funding & plans
- Waco Street/Waco Drive/182nd Avenue/Ventre Lane 2024 ImprovementsStudy$752,000
- 2024 Road Project Pacer StudyStudy$40,000
- Unspecified Road Project Feasibility Study (Ramsey Piggyback)Study$21,000
- Ramsey Piggyback Road Fix Feasibility StudyStudy$21,000
- Rogers Lake Feasibility PlanStudy
2022
Commercial Park
Iguana St NW · 199th Ave NW · Ferret St NW
Vicuna St NW · 190th Ave NW
185th Avenue NW/Clifton Road NW/187th Avenue NW
204th Ave NW · Saint Francis Blvd NW · Jasper St NW · Norris Lake Rd NW · St. Francis Blvd. NW
187th Ave NW · 185th Ave NW · Clifton Rd NW · 185th · CLIFTON · 187th · Jasper St NW · Erkium St NW …
+ 7 more in 2022: search 2022 road records
＋ How 2022 was funded (6)－ Hide funding & plans
- Local Road Improvement Plan (State Aid Grant)Capital plan$1,250,000
- Road Improvement Fund Improvements ProgramRoad work$914,000
- 2020-2021 Road Improvements Debt Service (Levy Impact)Road work$192,800
- Road Repair & Maintenance ContractualRoad work$10,000
- Jasper Street Geotechnical ExplorationStudy$8,970
- 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Program (City Bituminous Roads)Capital plan
2021
Waco St NW · 184th Ave NW · 183rd Ln NW · Ventre St NW · Yakima St NW · Salish Cir NW · 185th Ln NW
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Per-street figures as the assessment rolls in the record state them (usually the city's estimate for that street). The record itemizes only some streets; others may not appear.
- 185th Ln NW$8,000source
Ebony · Garnet · Iguana St NW · Waco St NW · 199th Ave NW · Ferret St NW · 185th Ave NW · Garnet Street (S of CSAH 24) …
Work by Molnau Trucking
Ebony · Garnet
Change order after the award
- +$13,280 The City Council approved additional work to reclaim and re-pave an additional 600 feet of newer bituminous patch as part of the Ebony and Garnet road project via a change order…source
Sodium St NW
KRYPTON · 183rd · 184th · MERLE'S LANE · 189th · 190th · Waco St NW · Olivine St NW …
County Road 64 (181st Avenue) · CR 64 (181st Avenue NW)
Nowthen Blvd NW
Baugh
Viking Blvd NW
+ 1 more in 2021: search 2021 road records
＋ How 2021 was funded (10)－ Hide funding & plans
- 2020-2021 Road Improvements BondingBond / funding$2,850,000
- Bonding ProcessBond / funding$2,830,000
- 2020-2021 Street Improvement Projects BondingBond / funding$2,600,000
- 2020 & 2021 Street Improvement Projects (Bond Issue)Bond / funding$2,600,000
- Upcoming Road Project Needs (Budget Planning)Study$900,000
- Street Improvement Project DebtRoad work$78,500
- 2019A Improvement Project DebtRoad work$49,275
- Rogers Lake Area Geotechnical ServicesStudy$6,530
- Rogers Lake Road Improvement PlanCapital plan
- Rogers Lake Area Improvement ProjectStudy
2020
Spinnaker Rd NW
Krypton St NW · Ebony St NW · 189th & 190th & Dolomite · Merle's Lane & Potassium · Ebony · Garnet · 189th · 190th …
199th Ave NW
Erkium · Roger's Lake
ST FRANCIS BLVD NW
Baugh St NW
Jasper St NW
＋ How 2020 was funded (9)－ Hide funding & plans
- 189th Lane / 190th Lane / Dolomite St Road ImprovementStudy$353,800
- 2020/2021 Road Improvements - Ebony & GarnetStudy$131,916.53
- 2019 Road Improvements Debt ServiceRoad work$65,400
- 2020/2021 Road Improvements - Rogers Lake AreaStudy$60,965.08
- 2020-2021 Road Improvements BondingBond / funding$40,000
- Soil Borings for Road ProjectsRoad work$10,000
- Leistico Estates Access and Future Road ImprovementsStudy
- Merles Lane Road ProjectStudy
- Roger's Lake Area Improvement FeasibilityStudy
2019
Halas St NW · Garnet St NW · Old Viking Blvd NW · Meadows of Verde Valley · Rolling Hills [cost cleared: OCR misparse >$5M] · Jasper St NW · Krypton St NW · Meadows of Verde Valley Addition …
Work by North Valley, Inc.
Eaton St NW · Potassium St NW · Waco St NW · 224th Ave NW · Olivine St NW · 214th Ct NW · Gypsy Valley Rd NW · Xenon St NW …
Work by North Valley, Inc.
HELAS ST NW
Spinnaker Lk Road · Spinnaker Lk Road Project · Spinnaker Lake Road
Watercrest Blvd NW
189th Ln NW · 190th Ln NW · Dolomite St NW · 189th, 190th & Dolomite St.
2019 Road Improvements
ROGERS LAKE · THE PITS AREA · PITS
Bison St NW
+ 2 more in 2019: search 2019 road records
＋ How 2019 was funded (16)－ Hide funding & plans
- Garnet/189th/190th/Dolomite/Ebony Feasibility StudiesStudy$1,075,157.60
- Halas St NW 2019 Road ImprovementBond / funding$1,075,157.60
- Old Viking Boulevard Improvements (Ward Subdivision)Study$1,075,157.60
- Meadows of Verde Valley ImprovementsStudy$1,075,157.60
- Rolling Hills ImprovementsStudy$1,075,157.60
- 189th Lane, 190th Lane & Dolomite Street Improvement ProjectBond / funding$321,000
- Road Improvements (Debt Service)Road work$65,400
- Road Improvement Debt (2019A Improvement Bonds)Road work$60,000
- Road Improvements EngineeringRoad work$17,499.75
- Road Improvements (Hauling)Road work$5,027.19
- Road Improvement Bid NoticeRoad work$175.96
- Large-Scale Asphalt Road ImprovementCapital plan
- Hallas Street ImprovementsStudy
- Watercrest Boulevard ImprovementsStudy
- Willow Creek ImprovementsStudy
- Jasper Street ImprovementsStudy
2018
Rogers Lake · Rogers Lake Area
Halas St NW · Viking Blvd NW · Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW · Old Viking Blvd NW · Nowthen Boulevard (County Road 5) · St. Francis Boulevard (State Highway 47) · Spinnaker Rd NW …
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Per-street figures as the assessment rolls in the record state them (usually the city's estimate for that street). The record itemizes only some streets; others may not appear.
- Old Viking Blvd NW$267,970source
Bison St NW · Water Crest Street
Yakima St NW · 183rd Lane
Bailey Estate · Basalt · 189th Ave NW · 190th Ave NW · 194th · Garnet/(Oak Pond) · Iman 202nd Ave, 222nd Circle Eaton/Baugh · 224th Ct NW …
Old Viking Blvd NW
185th Ave NW · Spinnaker Rd NW
Work by North Valley Inc.
213th Ave NW
Bison · Water Crest
Basalt St NW · 207th & Basalt Street · Spinnaker Lake Road
+ 3 more in 2018: search 2018 road records
＋ How 2018 was funded (12)－ Hide funding & plans
- Major Asphalt Road Improvement Project (Concept)Bond / funding$2,000,000
- 2019 Road and Bridge Improvement Fund TransferRoad work$500,000
- Jasper Street 2019 Improvement ProjectStudy$390,960
- Pinnaker Lake Estates Road ProjectStudy$321,000
- Road Improvement Fund TransferRoad work$200,000
- Krypton Street 2019 Improvement ProjectStudy$168,280
- Watercrest Boulevard NW 2019 Road ImprovementStudy$68,800
- Road Improvement Bid NoticeRoad work$308.32
- Old Viking Blvd Road ProjectStudy
- Willow Creek 2019 Road Improvement ProjectStudy
- Road Assessment HearingsRoad work
- Halas St NW 2019 Road ImprovementStudy
2017
Iguana · Tiger · 213th Ave Tungsten/Gypsy Valley
189th (Peterson Addition) · 185th/Zeolite/188thln/Bison/Xenolith · 188th · 183rd Ave/Potassium/Merles Ln · 215th Ave NW · 210th Ln,210th Ave/Cobalt · Lithium · Olive
Old Viking Blvd NW
Old Viking Blvd NW
20232 Wolfram Driveway
＋ How 2017 was funded (7)－ Hide funding & plans
- Five-Year Road Improvement Plan (2018 changes)Capital plan$400,000
- Five-Year Road Improvement Plan (2018-2022)Capital plan$400,000
- Road Improvement Fund Increase (2018 Budget)Road work$200,000
- Five-Year Road Improvement Plan and Feasibility StudiesCapital plan$3,200
- Road Evaluation StudyStudy$3,200
- Old Viking Blvd Feasibility StudyStudy
- Pinnaker Feasibility StudyStudy
2016
184th Ave NW · 189th Dolomite/190th & Jasper
Ebony · Garnet
Work by Asphalt Concrete Solutions
185th/Clifton/187th · Krypton St NW
＋ How 2016 was funded (1)－ Hide funding & plans
- Old Viking Speed StudyStudy
2015
Watercrest Blvd NW · Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW · Old Viking Blvd NW · 185th Ln NW · Waco St NW · 184th Ave NW · 183rd Ln NW …
205th/207th to Basalt · W. Ford Brook to end · W. Verde Valley · E. Verde Valley
Twin Lakes Rd NW · Eaton St NW · Potassium St NW · 224th Ave NW · Garnet St NW · Olivine St NW · 214th Ct NW · 199th Ave NW …
Old Viking Blvd NW
204th
＋ How 2015 was funded (4)－ Hide funding & plans
- Road & Bridge Equipment Replacement FundRoad work$50,000
- Ebony & Garnet Black Top RepairsStudy
- Uranium St Speed Limit StudyStudy
- Old Viking Blvd NW StudyStudy
2014
Rogers Lake
19801 Nowthen Boulevard
Marmoset St NW · Burns Pkwy NW · Hedgehog · Xenon
Hedgehog St NW · 194th
Old Viking Blvd NW · 189th Ave NW · Engen Blvd NW · Birchwood · Springhill · 198 th · Hedgehog · xenon …
Work by Dennis Hall Etd. Excavating
Birchwood Ln NW
Work by Dennis Hall Etd. Excavating
205th · Basalt
Nowthen Blvd NW
＋ How 2014 was funded (2)－ Hide funding & plans
- Street Signs Purchase (Oct 2014)Road work$1,385.07
- Milling Test SitesStudy
2013
Halas · Erkium · Krypton
218th Ave NW · Westphal County Development · Rhinestone · 198th/Fire St/Recycling · Basalt 214th Ave 214 Ct Dolomite & 215th Ct
Waco St NW · 224th Ave NW · Olivine St NW · 214th Ct NW · 224th Ct NW · 226th Ave NW · 225th Ave NW · 214th Ave NW …
Sparre Rd NW · Douglas Cir NW · 212th Ave NW
Verde Valley Rd NW · Xenon St NW · Zeolite/229th/Hillside Trails · Variolite · Hillendale · W. Ford Brook · Basalt · 205th …
Old Viking Blvd NW
＋ How 2013 was funded (1)－ Hide funding & plans
- 223rd/Zeolite/Variolite/Hillside Trails Speed Limit ReviewStudy
2012
189th Ave NW · Peridot Street (Fox Hill Estates) · 224th Court (Arabian Meadows) · Jasper St NW · 189th Ln NW · 190th Ln NW · Dolomite St NW · Garnet Street (Miller Lake Estates) …
Viking Blvd NW · Old Viking Blvd NW
Country Meadows
Old Viking Blvd NW
＋ How 2012 was funded (2)－ Hide funding & plans
- Street Priority Inventory ProgramStudy$500,000
- Rum River Crossing / County Road 22 Access StudyStudy
2011
Bailey Estates
Xenon
189th Ave NW · Ebony · Garnet · Krypton · Hedgehog
Xenon St NW · 225th Ave NW · 225th Cir NW · Milestone Ponds
＋ How 2011 was funded (2)－ Hide funding & plans
- Road Grader Transmission RepairRoad work$25,000
- Ebony and Garnet Road Repairs PlanningStudy
＋ Planned & upcoming years (5)－ Hide planned years
Projects, studies, and bond ideas the record points to for years still ahead. These are plans and estimates, not awarded contracts, so treat them as intentions, not bills.
2031
- Road Improvement ProjectsFull-depth reclamation$700,000plannedsource
2030
2029
2028
2027
- Road Improvement ProjectOverlay$546,000plannedsource
- Road Improvements (184th Avenue & Tiger Street Reconstruction)Full-depth reclamation$460,000plannedsource
- Additional Road Maintenance (TBD)Road work$120,000plannedsource p.15
- Twin Lakes Park Parking Lot MaintenanceSeal coat$100,000plannedsource
- Gravel Road Dust Control (Calcium/Magnesium Chloride)Dust control$55,000plannedsource p.15
- 2026/2027 Road ImprovementsBond / funding$1,084,000
What the engineer's rating studies say
The September 2015 city engineer memo re-rated the roads first studied in 2008, on a 0–100 scale, and printed a recommended repair and planning-level cost for each. Figures are shown exactly as printed. Where one estimate covered several roads as a single job, the note says so.
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| Road | 2008 rating | 2015 rating | Engineer's recommendation (2015) | Printed estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182nd Ln NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlayPrinted estimate of $530,000 covers the nine Rogers Lake area roads as one job (Waco St, Waco Dr, 182nd Ln, Ventre St, 183rd Ln, 184th Ave, 185th Ln, Yakima St, Salish Cir). The 2008 ratings "63-93" and 2015 ratings "48-80" are printed as ranges across the group, not per road.One job covering 9 roads; the estimate is for the whole job. | $530,000 | packet p.1 |
| 183rd Ln NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| 184th Ave NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| 185th Ln NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Salish Cir NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Ventre St NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Waco Dr NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Waco St NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Yakima St NW | 63-93 | 48-80 | Repair failed areas of bituminous, skim patching or tight blading to correct the "dips", correct subgrade (approx. 150') on the north end of Yakima Street, and construct a 2" overlaySame job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Ebony St NW | 54 | 35 | Total reconstruct (severe alligator cracking, inadequate structural strength; subgrade repair and drainage improvements needed)Printed estimate of $580,000 covers Ebony Street and Garnet Street as one job.One job covering 2 roads; the estimate is for the whole job. | $580,000 | packet p.1 |
| Garnet St NW | 59 | 38 | Total reconstruct (severe alligator cracking, inadequate structural strength; subgrade repair and drainage improvements needed)Same job as above ↑ | incl. above | |
| Krypton St NW | 67 | 56 | Patch failed areas and construct a 2" overlay | $110,000 | packet p.2 |
| Old Viking Blvd NW2015 rating covers CR 66 to HWY 47 | 78-81 | 53 | Patch isolated failed areas and construct a 2" overlayThe 2015 rating of 53 is printed for the segment from CR 66 to HWY 47 only; the 2008 rating 78-81 covers the full 18,370' (3.48 mi) road. | $540,000 | packet p.1 |
| Watercrest Blvd NW | 65 | 58 | Total reconstruct | $140,000 | packet p.1 |
Ratings and estimates are copied verbatim from the engineer's memo. Ranges (like “48–80”) are how the memo printed group studies. A 2024-commissioned rating study exists in presentation form only; its tables are not yet in the archive's machine-readable record.
How much does a city have to spend just to keep its roads from failing?
More than most people think, but far less if it's spent at the right time. The Minnesota Department of Transportation's own engineering guidance is blunt about the arithmetic: a pavement is cheapest to keep good while it is still good. Once it's allowed to crack, ravel, and break apart, the only fix left is the most expensive one.
“Since they are relatively inexpensive in comparison to resurfacing or reconstruction projects, the preventive maintenance treatments are an effective means to preserve the investment in the pavement asset.”MnDOT, Pavement Preservation Manual
The gap between the two is enormous. Below are MnDOT's own representative costs, per lane-mile, for a road kept on a preservation cycle versus one left to fail:
| Treatment | When it's used | Cost per lane-mile |
|---|---|---|
| Crack sealing | Good pavement, routine upkeep | ~$3,700 |
| Thin bituminous overlay | Fair pavement, resurfacing | ~$35,000–$42,000 |
| Full-depth reclamation | Pavement has failed structurally | ~$210,000 |
| Full reconstruction | End of life; rebuild from the dirt up | up to ~$2,000,000 |
That is the whole case for a road budget. A timely $3,700 crack seal or a thin overlay, done on a schedule, can hold a street in good condition for decades. Skip that upkeep, and the same lane-mile eventually needs a reclamation or reconstruction costing roughly 15 to 150 times as much. MnDOT puts it in life-cycle terms: the point of a preservation program is “maximizing the condition and life of a network of pavements while minimizing the network's life-cycle cost.”
So “how much should a city spend?” has a practical answer: enough to keep every road on a preservation cycle (crack sealing and overlaying on schedule) rather than deferring work until roads drop into the reconstruction column. A city that under-funds preservation isn't saving money; it's borrowing it from a much larger future bill. The street-spending table above is one way to see whether a city is keeping up: a city with little ongoing street spending and no debt service may simply be deferring, and the cost shows up later as bonded reconstruction.
Costs are MnDOT representative figures, per lane-mile, from the Pavement Preservation Manual and the reconstruction/reclamation range from MnDOT's Transportation Asset Management life-cycle cost guide. Actual bids vary with road width, traffic, and the year. These are planning numbers, not quotes.
Dust control (calcium chloride), by year
Nowthen sprays calcium chloride (lately magnesium chloride / “dust coating”) on its gravel roads each year to hold down dust. Here is what the record shows the city treated and paid, year by year: the contract award or paid claim where the record has it, otherwise the quote or estimate, as printed. Recent years are treated citywide by the mile rather than road-by-road; older plans named each street. The city has noted it can afford dust control on only about 10–11 of its ~26 miles of gravel road a year, at roughly $4,800 per mile.
Some years the record names the individual streets that were treated; other years it gives only a citywide mileage. Both appear below as the record has them.
Source links are official records; yearly summaries are auto-extracted and not yet verified by hand. No figure here is an official budget number.
＋ Show dust control, year by year (18 years)－ Hide the year-by-year list
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Roads treated: 205th Ave NW · 223rd · Basalt · Hillside Trl NW · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · W Ford Brook · Xenon · Zeolite
Roads treated: 189th Ave NW · 191st Ln NW · 204th Ave NW · 205th · 205th Ave NW · 207th Ave NW · 223rd Ave NW · 229th Ave NW · Basalt St NW · Hillendale Rd NW · Hillside Trl NW · Peridot St NW · Post Rd NW · Rabbit St NW · Verde Valley Rd NW · West Ford Brook Dr NW · +4 more
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Roads treated: 189th · 191st to Yttrium · 204th and Yttrium · 205th · 207th · 223rd · 229th · Basalt · Hillendale · Hillside Trl NW · Peridot · Post Rd NW · Rabbit · Verde Valley Rd NW · W-Ford Brook · Wolfram · +3 more
Roads treated: 189th Ave NW · 191st Ave NW · 204th Ave NW · 205th Ave NW · 207th Ave NW · 223rd Ave NW · Basalt St NW · Hillside Trl NW · Peridot St NW · Post Rd NW · Variolite St NW · Verde Valley Rd NW · West Ford Brook Dr NW · Wolfram St NW · Xenon St NW · Yttrium St NW · +1 more
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Roads treated: 189th Ave NW · 191st Ave NW · 191st Ave NW (off Hwy 66) · 191st Ln NW · 199th Ave NW · 203rd Ave NW · 204 H Ave / Yttrium St. · 204th Ave / Yttrium St. · 205th Ave/ Peridot/207th Ave NW · 229th (1/2 cost w/St Francis) · Basalt St NW · Engen Blvd NW · Hillendale Rd NW · Old Viking Blvd NW · Rhinestone St NW · Twin Pkwy NW · +5 more
Roads treated: 205th Ave NW · 229th 1/2 Cost (with St.Francis) · Hillendale Rd NW · Post Rd NW · Variolite St NW · Verde Valley Rd NW · Xenon St NW · Zeolite St NW
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.
Roads treated: 189th Ln NW · 191st · 191st Ave NW · 204th Ave/Yttrium St. · 205th · 223rd Ave NW · 229th Ave NW · Basalt St NW · Engin · Hillendale Rd NW · Post Rd NW · Rabbit St NW · Variolite St NW · Verde Valley Rd NW · Wolfram St NW · Xenon St NW · +1 more
Roads treated: 189th · 191st · 205th · 223rd · 229th · Basalt · Post Rd NW · Rabbit · Spinnaker · Variolite · West Ford Brook Dr NW · Wolfram · Xenon St NW · Yttrium · Zeolite · Zeolite St NW · +1 more
Roads treated: 205th · Basalt · Basalt St NW · Hillendale · Rabbit · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · W. Ford Brook · Xenon St NW · Zeolite/229th/Hillside Trails
Roads treated: 205th · Basalt · Basalt St NW · Hillendale · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · Zeolite/229th/Hillside Trails
Roads treated: 205th Ave NW · Hillendale · Hillside Trl NW · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · Zeolite
Costs are the figure most specific to each year's dust-control action as printed: an awarded contract or paid claim where available, otherwise a quote or staff estimate. They are not the line-item budget appropriation. Click a gravel road on the map above to see which years it appears in the record.
Where this comes from
Road geometry: Anoka County GIS open data (road centerlines, community boundary, lakes), downloaded June 12, 2026 and archived unchanged. Ratings: the city engineer's September 2, 2015 memo “Updated Road Ratings and Cost Estimates” in the September 8, 2015 council packet, parsed without any AI reading the numbers. Project histories (the “by year” section and each road's panel) are read from agendas, packets, and minutes, auto-extracted and not yet verified by hand; no figure there is an official budget number. For anything not yet captured, search any road by name via the archive search.