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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.

Rating or project history in the recordNo record in archive yetCounty / state maintainedPrivate / shared drive

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

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.

CityCity road milesTotal street spendingPer city road mileStreet constructionDebt serviceSpecial assessments
Nowthen
that's us
58.7$611,771$10,425.55$162,443$442,878$119,738
Ham Lake155.6$3,887,200$25,027.04$2,645,876$203,542$63,394
Andover206.4$11,231,588$54,844.42$8,450,682$3,917,157$1,114,953
East Bethel131.3$2,645,448$20,214.32$1,583,806$876,125$302,086
Lino Lakes107.1$4,533,781$42,530.78$2,642,338$2,907,744$1,025,575
Columbus71.3$1,562,934$22,037.99$729,457$1,114,592$534,217
Oak Grove124.7$2,364,408$19,050.91$1,697,873$15,142$86,484
Ramsey187.9$17,728,335$95,211.25$12,175,501$3,579,179$562,227
Centerville16.3$525,162$32,159.34$184,410$398,703$198,640
Bethel2.8$141,188$50,066.67$65,900$85,169$0
St. Francis49.2$1,149,411$23,352.52$569,826$859,851$41,092
Circle Pines17.4$546,277$31,377.20$198,884$1,306,096$276,500
Coon Rapids219.4$13,474,484$61,420.75$7,234,160$6,851,402$2,149,249
Blaine259.3$32,644,502$125,957.87$26,095,631$6,325,309$1,490,490
Fridley103.3$8,588,212$82,610.73$5,721,043$5,572,085$683,922
Spring Lake Park27.2$968,660$35,599.41$61,457$741,812$78,891
Columbia Heights57$7,181,138$125,896.53$4,990,838$3,929,008$819,886
Lexington9.2$316,235$34,561.20$135,683$252,938$81,511
Anoka72.8$27,921,835$384,757.27$2,673,135$2,268,308$689,000
Hilltop1.3$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.

    $322,866.68accepted bidResolution 2025-67source p.2full bid (PDF)
  • Culvert Replacement on 218th Ave NW2025

    218th Ave NW

    Work by Dave Perkins Contracting

    $21,150accepted bidResolution 2025-14source p.235full bid (PDF)
+ Show awards from earlier years (5)
  • 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

    $42,024accepted bidResolution 2023-37source p.45full bid (PDF)
  • 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.

    $1,075,157.60accepted bidResolution 2019-47source p.2full bid (PDF)
  • 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)
+ See the fuller record, year by year (16 years)

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

2026/2027 Road Improvements BondingRoad workBonded
$1,140,000source
Engren's Addition (Lithium St. NW) Full Depth Reclamation & PavingReconstruction

Lithium St NW · Engren's Addition (Lithium St. NW)

$585,500source
Road Improvements (Country Meadows/Westpahl Country Acres/Morton Farm Preserve/224th Court & 218th Ave.)Road work

224th Ct NW · 218th Ave NW · Country Meadows · Westpahl Country Acres · Morton Farm Preserve

$560,000source
Road Improvement PlanRoad work
$560,000source p.2
Road Improvements (Overlay Recommendations)Overlay

Country Meadows (S of Norris Lake Road) - Baugh Street, 222nd Avenue, 222nd Circle, Iman Street, Eaton Street · Westpahl Country Acres - 229th Avenue, Argon Street, Waco Street · Morton Farm Preserve - Waco Street and 215th Avenue · 224th Court (East of Sugar Bush Road)

$490,000source
Road Improvement ProjectOverlay

Country Meadows (S of Noris Lake Rd) · Westpahl Country Acres (229th Ave.) · Morton Farm Preserve (Waco ST.) · 224th Court (east of Sugar Bush Rd)

$490,000source
Sun Land Acres 2nd Addition (Tiger St NW) ReconstructionReconstruction

Tiger St NW · Sun Land Acres 2nd Addition (Tiger St. NW)

$436,200source p.9
Overlay ProjectOverlayMixed funding

Jasper St NW · Eaton St NW · Waco St NW · Xenon St NW · 224th Ct NW · 229th Ave NW · 222nd Cir NW · Baugh St NW

$582,500low bid$427,589.10awardedsource p.4
CSAH 22 (Baugh Street) ReconstructionReconstruction

CSAH 22 (Baugh Street)

$300,000source
Shiloh Creek (Krypton St. NW) Full Depth Reclamation & PavingReconstruction

Krypton St NW · Shiloh Creek (Krypton St. NW)

$279,400source
Bituminous Maintenance and Calcium ChlorideRoad work
$150,000source
Twin Lakes Park Parking Lot MaintenanceSeal coat

Twin Lakes Rd NW

$100,000source p.8

+ 13 more in 2026: search 2026 road records

2025

Series 2025A GO Bonds (Road Projects)Council actionBonded
$1,460,000source
Series 2025A GO Bonds (Assessable Improvements)Contract awardedBonded
$1,405,000awardedsource p.15
2026-2030 CIP Road RecommendationsStudyAccepted bid · listed above

Hunters Meadow and Milestone Ponds - 224th Ave, 225th Ave, 225th Cir, 226th Ave · Bailey Estates and Prairie Acres - 187th Ave, 188th Ave, Iman St · Burnside Trails - 184th Avenue and Tiger Street · Autumn Acres - Phase 1 - 185th Ave, Zeolite Street, Bison Street · Country Meadows (S of Norris Lake Road) - Baugh Street, 222nd Avenue, 222nd Circle, Iman Street, Eaton Street · Westpahl Country Acres - 229th Avenue, Argon Street, Waco Street · Morton Farm Preserve - Waco Street and 215th Avenue · 224th Court (East of Sugar Bush Road)

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$820,000source
Road Improvement Fund BudgetRoad work
$530,400source
Ford Brook Estate 2nd Addition (Erkium) Road ImprovementsRoad workBonded

Ford Brook Estate 2nd addition · Erkium

$530,000source
Bituminous Maintenance and Calcium Chloride ProgramRoad workBonded
$530,000source
Road Project (Unspecified)Road workBonded
$510,000source
Road Improvements (Overlay Recommendations)OverlayAccepted bid · listed above

Krypton Street (East of Cleary Road) · Lithium Street (East of Cleary Road) · 189th Lane (West of Cleary Road) · Tiger Street (CSAH 22 to 201st Street) · 218th Street (East of Xenon Street) · Garnet Street (South of Norris Lake Road) · 194th Lane (East of Baugh Street)

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$510,000source
Nowthen Road Funding & Maintenance Plan DiscussionStudy
$500,000source
Ford Brook Estates (Erkium) ReconstructionReconstruction

Erkium St NW · Ford Brook Estates (Erkium)

$380,400source p.9
Ford Brook Estates (Erkium) Full Depth Reclamation & PavingReconstruction

Erkium St NW · Ford Brook Estates (Erkium)

$373,000source
Tiger St NW (Sun Land Acres 2nd Addition) Full Depth Reclamation & PavingReconstructionAccepted bid · listed above

Sun Land Acres 2nd Addition (Tiger St. NW)

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$351,200source

+ 19 more in 2025: search 2025 road records

2024

Waco Street/Waco Drive/182nd Avenue/Ventre Lane Road ImprovementsRoad work

Waco St. and Drive · Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW

$912,000source
Rogers Lake Road ProjectBids openedMixed funding

Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW · Rogers Lake Road

$752,000low bidsource
Waco St NW & Waco Dr NW ReconstructionReconstruction

Waco St NW · Waco Dr NW

$649,600source
Northeast Ramsey Street Reconstruction ProjectConstructionSpecial assessment

Waco St NW

Work by GMH Asphalt

$570,000low bidsource
Road Project (Joint with City of Ramsey)Bids opened

Work by GMH Asphalt

$570,000low bidsource
Waco Street / Waco Drive / 182nd Lane / Ventre Street Improvement ProjectConstructionMixed funding

Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW

$546,000source p.78
2025-2027 Road Improvements Recommendations (Council Review)Study
$500,000source
Culvert and Street ImprovementsConstructionCity levy
$476,411source
Erkium St NW Street ImprovementsRoad work

Erkium St NW

$315,000source
Street ImprovementsConstruction
$228,000source
Street Improvements (YTD)Road work
$119,000source
Dust Control ProgramRoad work
$60,000source

+ 14 more in 2024: search 2024 road records

2023

Road Improvement Fund ProjectsRoad work

Petersons Pond View · Engren Addition · Prairie Brook · Westpahl Country Acres · Oak Pond · Shiloh Creek · Commercial Park · Sun Land Acres 2nd addition

$871,000source
Waco Street/Waco Drive/182nd Ave/Ventre Lane Road ImprovementStudyMixed funding

Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW

$752,000source p.1
Culvert and Street ImprovementsConstructionCity levy
$141,637source
Waco Street/Waco Drive/182nd Avenue/Ventre Lane 2024 ImprovementsStudyMixed funding

Waco St NW · Ventre St NW · Waco Dr NW · 182nd Ln NW

$65,000source
2024 Road Project Pacer StudyPavement rating study
$40,000source
Jasper Street PatchingBids opened

Jasper St NW

$32,485.50low bidsource
Unspecified Road Project Feasibility Study (Ramsey Piggyback)Study
$21,000source
Jasper Street Patching Repairs (Phase 1)Construction

Jasper St NW

$20,467source
Pinnaker Lake Road ProjectAssessmentSpecial assessment

Spinnaker Lake Road Project

Mackenzie Hills Shared Driveway/Future Local Street (205th Avenue)Road work

205th Ave NW

Crack Sealing ProgramCrack seal

Rogers Lake

Dust Control ProgramBids opened

+ 1 more in 2023: search 2023 road records

2022

Local Road Improvement Plan (State Aid Grant)StudyGrant
$1,250,000source
Road Improvement Fund Improvements ProgramRoad work
$914,000source p.19
Commercial Park OverlayOverlay

Commercial Park

$860,000source
Bituminous Overlay (Iguana/199th/Ferret)Overlay

Iguana St NW · 199th Ave NW · Ferret St NW

$280,000source
Micro Surfacing Street ImprovementsOverlay
$218,538source
Bituminous Overlay (190th/Vicuna)Overlay

Vicuna St NW · 190th Ave NW

$210,000source
2020-2021 Road Improvements Debt Service (Levy Impact)Road workCity levy
$192,800source
Street Micro-Surfacing ProjectBids opened
$173,485.20low bidsource
Bituminous Patching ProgramRoad work

Jasper St NW · Erkium St NW · 185th Avenue NW/Clifton Road NW/187th Avenue NW · 184th Avenue NW/Tiger Street NW · Waco Street NW/Waco Drive NW

$120,000source
Micro Surfacing (185th/Clifton/187th)Overlay

185th Avenue NW/Clifton Road NW/187th Avenue NW

$100,000source
Micro Surfacing (Jasper St)Overlay

Jasper St NW

$70,000source
2020 Road ImprovementsConstruction

+ 18 more in 2022: search 2022 road records

2021

2020-2021 Road Improvements BondingRoad workBonded
$2,850,000source
Bonding ProcessCouncil actionBonded
$2,830,000source
2020-2021 Street Improvement Projects BondingRoad workBonded
$2,600,000source p.19
185th Ave NW and Jasper St NW LRIP Grant ApplicationCouncil actionGrant

Jasper St NW · 185th Ave NW

$1,250,000source
Upcoming Road Project Needs (Budget Planning)Study
$900,000source
Roger's Lake Area Street ImprovementsAssessmentSpecial assessment

185th Ln NW · Roger's Lake Area

$863,763source
Rogers Area Project Road ImprovementsBids opened
$863,763low bidsource
Rogers Lake Area Road ImprovementsStudyMixed funding

Waco St NW · 184th Ave NW · 183rd Ln NW · Ventre St NW · Yakima St NW · Salish Cir NW · 185th Ln NW

$848,150source
+ Cost by street (1)

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.

Ebony St NW & Garnet St NW Road ImprovementsBids opened

Ebony St NW · Garnet St NW

$447,500low bidsource
Ebony & Garnet Street NW Road Improvement ProjectStudy

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW

$441,800source
Ebony Street NW & Garnet Street NW Road Improvement ProjectContract awarded

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW

Work by Molnau Trucking

$296,328.57bid · awardsource
Ebony & Garnet Streets 2021 ImprovementsAssessmentSpecial assessment

Garnet St NW · Ebony

$288,000source

+ 29 more in 2021: search 2021 road records

2020

Road Improvements (Ebony & Garnet / 189th & 190th & Dolomite / Krypton Ave / Merle's Lane & Potassium)Road work

Krypton St NW · Ebony St NW · 189th · 190th · Dolomite · Merle's Lane · Potassium · Ebony

$1,253,095source
Road Improvement Fund Planned ImprovementsRoad workSpecial assessment

Krypton St NW · Ebony St NW · 189th & 190th & Dolomite · Merle's Lane & Potassium · Merle's Lane · Potassium

$1,200,000source
Ebony & Garnet Streets 2021 ImprovementsStudyMixed funding

Garnet St NW · 185th Ave NW · 189th Ave NW · Ebony

$447,500source
189th Lane / 190th Lane / Dolomite St Road ImprovementStudySpecial assessment

189th Ln NW · 190th Ln NW · Dolomite St NW

$353,800source
Krypton Street, 183rd Ave, Potassium Street & Merle's Lane Street Improvement ProjectBids openedMixed funding

Potassium St NW · Krypton St NW · 183rd Ave NW · Merle's Lane

$341,000low bidsource
Ebony St / Garnet St (Willow Creek) Road ImprovementStudySpecial assessment

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW

$296,000source
Willow Creek (Ebony & Garnet Streets) ImprovementsStudySpecial assessment

185th Ave NW · Ebony St NW · Willow Creek · Ebony & Garnet Streets

$296,000source
Krypton St / 183rd Ave / Merle's Lane / Potassium St Road ImprovementStudySpecial assessment

Potassium St NW · Krypton St NW · 183rd Ave NW · Merle's Lane

$243,600source
Road Repairs - Ebony and Garnet AreaConstruction

Ebony · Garnet

$135,697.62source
2020/2021 Road Improvements - Ebony & GarnetContract awarded

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW

$131,916.53awardedsource
Road ImprovementsCouncil action
$72,769.94source
2019 Road Improvements Debt ServiceRoad workCity levy
$65,400source

+ 23 more in 2020: search 2020 road records

2019

Asphalt Improvement ProjectsStudy

Krypton St NW

$2,500,000source
Road Improvement ProjectsRoad workAccepted bid · listed aboveBonded

Halas St NW · Garnet St NW · Old Viking Blvd NW · Meadows of Verde Valley Addition · Rolling Hills · Eaton St NW · Driscoll St NW · 195th Ave NW

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$1,075,157.60bid · awardsource
+ Cost by street (3)

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 Road ImprovementStudyAccepted bid · listed above

Old Viking Blvd NW

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$840,480source
Street Improvement ProjectAssessmentAccepted bid · listed aboveSpecial assessment

Meadows of Verde Valley · Old Viking Blvd NW · Rolling Hills · Halas St NW · Garnet St NW · Meadows of Verde Valley Addition

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$420,240source
+ Cost by street (2)

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.

Jasper Street 2019 Improvement ProjectReconstructionSpecial assessment

Jasper St NW

$390,960source
189th Lane, 190th Lane & Dolomite Street Improvement ProjectReconstructionMixed funding

189th Ln NW · 190th Ln NW · Dolomite St NW

$321,000source
Road Overlay ProjectsStudyAccepted bid · listed aboveMixed funding

Krypton St NW · GARNET STREET (MILLER LAKE ESTATES) · 218th AVENUE (PRAIRIE BROOK ESTATES)

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$282,000source
Willow Creek 2019 Improvement ProjectConstructionAccepted bid · listed aboveSpecial assessment

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$256,000source
Willow Creek 2019 Road Improvement ProjectOverlayAccepted bid · listed aboveSpecial assessment

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW · Willow Creek

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$256,000source
Krypton Street 2019 Improvement ProjectStudyMixed funding

Krypton St NW

$168,280source
Halas Street Full Depth ReclaimReconstructionAccepted bid · listed above

Halas St NW

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$139,527.19source
Halas St NW 2019 Road ImprovementReconstructionAccepted bid · listed aboveMixed funding

Halas St NW · HELAS ST NW

Work by North Valley, Inc.

$136,000source

+ 38 more in 2019: search 2019 road records

2018

Major Asphalt Road Improvement Project (Concept)StudyBonded
$2,000,000source
Old Viking Boulevard Overlay ProjectStudyMixed funding

Old Viking Blvd NW · Nowthen Boulevard (County Road 5) · St. Francis Boulevard (State Highway 47)

$840,480source
Rogers Lake Area Repair ProjectStudyBonded

Rogers Lake Area

$800,000source
Old Viking Boulevard Improvement ProjectStudySpecial assessment

Old Viking Blvd NW · CR66 · HWY 47

$535,940source
+ Cost by street (1)

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
2019 Road and Bridge Improvement Fund TransferRoad work
$500,000source
Rebuild ProgramReconstruction

Ebony St NW · Hedgehog/19th/Marmoset · Watercrest

$425,000source
Jasper Street 2019 Improvement ProjectStudySpecial assessment

Jasper St NW

$390,960source
189th Lane, 190th Lane & Dolomite Street Improvement ProjectStudyMixed funding

189th Ln NW · 190th Ln NW · Dolomite St NW

$321,000source
5-Year Road Improvement Plan (2019-2023)Road work

187th Ave NW · 185th Ave NW · Clifton Rd NW · Garnet St (Miller Lake Estates) · Krypton · 218th · Rolling Hills · Meadows of Verde Valley

$282,000source
Willow Creek 2019 Improvement ProjectStudyMixed funding

Garnet St NW · Ebony St NW

$256,000source
Road Improvement Fund TransferRoad workCity levy
$200,000source
Old Viking Blvd Road ImprovementOverlay

Nowthen Blvd NW · Old Viking Blvd NW · Hwy 47

$180,000source

+ 50 more in 2018: search 2018 road records

2017

Five-Year Road Improvement Plan (2018 changes)StudySpecial assessment
$400,000source p.2
Overlay ProgramOverlay

Iguana · Tiger · 213th Ave Tungsten/Gypsy Valley

$205,000source
Road Improvement Fund Increase (2018 Budget)Council actionCity levy
$200,000source
Seal Coat ProgramSeal coat

189th (Peterson Addition) · 185th/Zeolite/188thln/Bison/Xenolith · 188th · 183rd Ave/Potassium/Merles Ln · 215th Ave NW · 210th Ln,210th Ave/Cobalt · Lithium · Olive

$48,300source
Citywide Crack Sealing Evaluation & WorkCrack seal

Old Viking Blvd NW

$36,000source
Crack SealingCrack seal
$7,500source
Culvert ReplacementsConstruction
$4,566source
Five-Year Road Improvement Plan and Feasibility StudiesStudySpecial assessment
$3,200source
Old Viking Feasibility StudyStudy

Old Viking Blvd NW

Pinnaker Feasibility StudyStudy

Spinnaker

Old Viking Blvd Feasibility StudyCouncil action

Old Viking Blvd NW · Ebony · Garnet · Roger Lake area

Rogers Lake Area Residential Roads Feasibility StudyStudy

Rogers Lake

+ 3 more in 2017: search 2017 road records

2016

Overlay ProgramOverlay

184th Ave NW · 189th Dolomite/190th & Jasper

$390,000source
Ebony and Garnet Additional Road RepairsConstruction

Ebony · Garnet

$53,658source
Crack Seal ProgramContract awardedAccepted bid · listed above

Work by Asphalt Concrete Solutions

$28,973.70awardedsource
Seal Coat ProgramSeal coat

185th/Clifton/187th · Krypton St NW

$11,620source
Old Viking Speed StudyPavement rating study

Old Viking Blvd NW · Nowthen Blvd (CSAH 5) · St. Francis Blvd. (TH47)

2015

Updated Road Ratings and Cost EstimatesPavement rating study

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

$580,000source
Old Viking Blvd NW Overlay EstimateOverlay

Old Viking Blvd NW

$500,000source
Old Viking Road WorkConstruction

Old Viking Blvd NW

$430,000source
Ebony & Garnet Blacktop RepairBids opened

Ebony · Garnet

$116,000low bidsource
Bituminous Asphalt Repairs (5 locations)Bids opened

Norris Lake Rd NW · Garnet

$108,500low bidsource
Bituminous Asphalt Repairs (Garnet/Ebony)Bids opened

Norris Lake Rd NW · Garnet · Ebony

$88,900low bidsource
Ebony & Garnet Blacktop RepairsCouncil action

Ebony · Garnet

$70,000source
Road & Bridge Equipment Replacement FundRoad work
$50,000source
Gravel PlanGrading / gravel
$49,323source
Crack Sealing ProgramBids opened
$30,730.69low bidsource
Dust ControlBids opened
$24,000low bidsource
Crack Seal PlanCrack seal
$23,602.28source

+ 9 more in 2015: search 2015 road records

2014

Rogers Lake Road WorkConstruction

Rogers Lake

$512,600source
City Hall Parking Lot ImprovementsBids opened

19801 Nowthen Boulevard

$30,312low bidsource
Crack SealingCrack seal
$26,510source
Crack Sealing ProgramBids openedAccepted bid · listed above

189th Ave NW · Engen Blvd NW · Birchwood · Springhill · 198 th · Hedgehog · xenon · cul de sac

Work by Dennis Hall Etd. Excavating

$26,510low bidsource
City Hall South Parking Lot Asphalt WorkRoad work
$24,409.72source
Hedge Hog Reclaim (Burns Parkway to Marmoset Street)Construction

Marmoset St NW · Burns Pkwy NW · Hedgehog

$10,660awardedsource
194th & Hedgehog St ReclaimReconstruction

Hedgehog St NW · 194th

$10,660source
Hedgehog Reclaim (North Valley)Contract awarded
$10,660awardedsource
Culvert ReplacementConstruction
$3,044source
Dust Control ProgramRoad work

205th · Basalt

$3,000source
Street Signs Purchase (Oct 2014)Road work
$1,385.07source
Asphalt Repair MaintenanceConstruction
$395source

+ 7 more in 2014: search 2014 road records

2013

Overlay ProgramOverlay

Halas · Erkium · Krypton

$84,200source
Seal Coat ProgramSeal coat

218th Ave NW · Westphal County Development · Rhinestone · 198th/Fire St/Recycling · Basalt 214th Ave 214 Ct Dolomite & 215th Ct

$26,000source
Crack Sealing (Asphalt Concrete Solutions)Crack seal
$16,400source
Culvert ReplacementConstruction
$3,044source
Crack Seal PlanCrack seal

Waco St NW · 224th Ave NW · Olivine St NW · 214th Ct NW · 224th Ct NW · 226th Ave NW · 225th Ave NW · 214th Ave NW

Gravel PlanRoad work

Sparre Rd NW · Douglas Cir NW · 212th Ave NW

Dust Control PlanRoad work

Verde Valley Rd NW · Xenon St NW · Zeolite/229th/Hillside Trails · Variolite · Hillendale · W. Ford Brook · Basalt · 205th

223rd/Zeolite/Variolite/Hillside Trails Speed Limit ReviewPavement rating study

Hillside Trl NW · 223rd · Zeolite · Variolite

Old Viking Blvd Culvert/Structure Project (Mn/DOT Agreement 01876)Council actionGrant

Old Viking Blvd NW

2012

Street Priority Inventory ProgramStudy
$500,000source
Road Maintenance RecommendationsOverlay

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)

$390,000source
Old Viking Bridge ReplacementCouncil actionMixed funding

Old Viking Blvd NW

$167,500source
Country Meadows Culvert ReplacementConstruction

Country Meadows

$40,000source p.7
Old Viking Blvd Culvert/Structure Project (Mn/DOT Agreement 01876)Construction

Old Viking Blvd NW

Rum River Crossing / County Road 22 Access StudyStudy

Viking Blvd NW

2011

Bailey Estates Street Improvement CompletionOverlay

Bailey Estates

$77,189source
Bailey Estates Road ImprovementsContract awarded

Bailey Estates

$70,312.40awardedsource
Xenon Culvert ReplacementBids opened

Xenon

$65,200low bidsource
Road Grader Transmission RepairRoad work
$25,000source
Bailey Estates Street ImprovementsConstruction

Bailey Estates

$15,000source
Hedge Hog & Garnet ReclaimingGrading / gravel

189th Ave NW · Ebony · Garnet · Krypton · Hedgehog

$15,000source
Milestone Ponds Drainage & Erosion ControlCouncil action

Xenon St NW · 225th Ave NW · 225th Cir NW · Milestone Ponds

Ebony and Garnet Road Repairs PlanningStudy

Ebony and Garnet

+ Planned & upcoming years (5)

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 ProjectsReconstruction$700,000source

2030

  • Road Improvement ProjectsReconstruction$861,000source
  • Hwy 22 Turnback to MnDOTRoad worksource

2029

  • Jasper St. NW Reconstruction & WideningReconstruction$2,158,700source
  • Road Improvement ProjectReconstruction$787,500source
  • Memorial Park Parking Lot MaintenanceSeal coat$75,000source

2028

  • Jasper St NW ReconstructionReconstruction$1,826,800source
  • Road Improvement ProjectReconstruction$787,500source

2027

  • 2026/2027 Road ImprovementsRoad work$1,084,000source p.10
  • Road Improvement ProjectOverlay$546,000source
  • Street Improvements (Hunters Meadows/Milestone Ponds/Bailey Estates/Prairie Acres)Overlay$520,000source p.15
  • Road Improvements (184th Avenue & Tiger Street Reconstruction)Reconstruction$460,000source
  • Additional Road Maintenance (TBD)Road work$120,000source p.15
  • Twin Lakes Park Parking Lot MaintenanceSeal coat$100,000source
  • Gravel Road Dust Control (Calcium/Magnesium Chloride)Road work$55,000source p.15

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.

+ Show the road-by-road rating table (14 roads)
Road2008 rating2015 ratingEngineer's recommendation (2015)Printed estimateSource
182nd Ln NW63-9348-80Repair 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.$530,000packet p.1
183rd Ln NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW63-9348-80Repair 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 NW5435Total 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.$580,000packet p.1
Garnet St NW5938Total reconstruct (severe alligator cracking, inadequate structural strength; subgrade repair and drainage improvements needed)Same job as above ↑incl. above
Krypton St NW6756Patch failed areas and construct a 2" overlay$110,000packet p.2
Old Viking Blvd NW2015 rating covers CR 66 to HWY 4778-8153Patch 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.$540,000packet p.1
Watercrest Blvd NW6558Total reconstruct$140,000packet 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:

TreatmentWhen it's usedCost per lane-mile
Crack sealingGood pavement, routine upkeep~$3,700
Thin bituminous overlayFair pavement, resurfacing~$35,000–$42,000
Full-depth reclamationPavement has failed structurally~$210,000
Full reconstructionEnd of life; rebuild from the dirt upup 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)
2028

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

$60,000budgetedsource p.76
2027

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

$55,000estimatesource p.16
2026about 11 miles treatedCentral Minnesota Dust Control, LLC

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

$47,950quotesource
2025about 10 miles treatedNorthern Salt

Roads treated: 205th Ave NW · 223rd · Basalt · Hillside Trl NW · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · W Ford Brook · Xenon · Zeolite

$48,000paidsource p.104
2024about 11 miles treatedNorthern Salt

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

$46,413.43quotesource
2023about 11 miles treated

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

$46,700budgetedsource
2022about 11 miles treatedNorthern Salt

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

$44,422.98paidsource
2021about 11 miles treatedNorthern Salt Incorporated

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

$31,167.08paidsource
2020

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

cost not in recordsource
2019about 9.8 miles treatedNorthern Salt Incorporated

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

$28,766paidsource
2018about 10.8 miles treatedNorthern Salt Incorporated

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

$26,936paidsource
2017Northern Salt Incorporated

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

$23,244.72paidsource
2016Envirotech

Citywide gravel-road program; individual streets not itemized in the record this year.

$32,408.64contract awardsource
2015about 9.6 miles treatedTri City Paving

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

$19,596.28contract awardsource
2014about 10 miles treatedTri-City Paving, Inc

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

$21,558paidsource
2013about 10 miles treatedTri-City Paving Inc.

Roads treated: 205th · Basalt · Basalt St NW · Hillendale · Rabbit · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · W. Ford Brook · Xenon St NW · Zeolite/229th/Hillside Trails

$25,856paidsource
2012Envirotech Services, Inc.

Roads treated: 205th · Basalt · Basalt St NW · Hillendale · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · Zeolite/229th/Hillside Trails

$21,000contract awardsource
2011

Roads treated: 205th Ave NW · Hillendale · Hillside Trl NW · Variolite · Verde Valley Rd NW · Zeolite

cost not in recordsource

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.