Final Year of Highway 12 Litchfield to Cokato Starts June 9th

According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the final year of construction for the two-year Highway 12 Litchfield-to-Cokato resurfacing and concrete repair project gets underway on June 9th. A detour will be in place from June 9th until the project’s completion, scheduled for August 15th. Highway 12 will be closed to through traffic from Dassel to Cokato.

Through traffic will be routed to Highway 15 and County Roads 21 and 3. Highway 12 will be accessible to local homes and businesses. To provide access, only one lane will be worked on at a time, starting from west to east. Construction dates are subject to change depending on weather and other unforeseeable circumstances.

Highway 12 was resurfaced from Holcombe Avenue in Litchfield to east of Meeker County Road 14 in Darwin in 2024. Sidewalks and pedestrian ramps were upgraded to improve accessibility in Litchfield and Darwin. New sidewalk was created from Davis Avenue to Hubbard Avenue in Litchfield.

A culvert was replaced at the county ditch 1.5 miles east of the Highway 12 and Meeker County Road 34 intersection in Litchfield. A pedestrian push button station was installed at Davis Avenue in Litchfield. The concrete was repaired, and asphalt shoulders were replaced on Highway 12 from east of Meeker County Road 14 in Darwin through the Highway 15 intersection in Dassel. The Darwin Rest Stop was also resurfaced, and improvements were made to sidewalks.

This summer, the concrete will be repaired, and asphalt shoulders will be replaced from east of Highway 15 in Dassel to the end of the concrete section in Cokato. Sidewalks and pedestrian ramps in Dassel will be upgraded to improve accessibility. Ramps along the trail from Dassel to Cokato will be upgraded to improve accessibility.

Duininck, Inc. is the contractor, and the project cost is approximately $11.3 million. You can learn more www.mndot.gov or visit www.511mn.org.