The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) provides weekly updates on road construction projects in all northwestern Wisconsin counties. Here are the ones affecting this area.

Northwest Region Pavement Marking

Highway: Various Location: Multiple counties Schedule: May 17 to October Cost: $1.04 million Description: Completing longline marking of centerlines and edge lines and special marking of words, arrows, stop bars, diagonals, curbs and crosswalks.

Traffic impacts: Motorists can expect moving lane restrictions on:

•Highway 35 segments in Buffalo County.

•Highway 35 from the Pierce-Pepin County line to U.S. Highway 63 in HagerCity in Pierce County.

•Highway 128 from Highway 72 in Elmwood to the Pierce-St. Croix County line in Pierce County.

Pierce County

Highway: Highway 29 Location: Between U.S.Highway 10 in Prescott and Cemetery Road in the city of River Falls

Schedule: May 10 to October Cost: $12.11 million Description: Removing and replacing the existing pavement, replacing culverts and guardrail, rehabilitating the bridge over Greenwood Valley Creek, installing centerline and edge line rumble strips between the south junction of County Road QQ and Cemetery Road and modifying intersections at County Road E, County Road FF and Cemetery Road.

Traffic impacts: Highway 29 is closed to through traffic from County Road F to Cemetery Road.

•Detour: U.S. Highway 10 and Highway 65.

Pierce and St. Croix counties

Highway: Highway 29 Location: Between County Road CC South west of Spring Valley and Highway 128

Schedule: April 5 to July Cost: $3.88 million Description: Milling the existing asphalt, patching the road base and overlaying it with new asphalt; repairing and overlaying the Eau Galle River Bridge; repairing four box culverts in St. Croix County; replacing one culvert in Pierce County; and replacing a retaining wall in Spring Valley.

Traffic impacts: Traffic is restricted to a single lane controlled by flagging operations, and there might be multiple flagging operations during milling and paving.

St. Croix County

Highway: U.S. Highway 12 Location: U.S. Highway 12/Highway 128 intersection north of I-94

Schedule: June 1 to late June Cost: $828,000 Description: Reconstructing the intersection.

Traffic impacts: The intersection is closed but is anticipated to be reopened to traffic on Monday, June 12.

•Detour for U.S. Highway 12: Highway 25 to I-94 to U.S. Highway 63.

•Detour for Highway 128: Highway 170 to Highway 79 to U.S. Highway 12 to Highway 25 to I-94.

•Alternative route for I-94: Highway 25 to Highway 29 to U.S. Highway 63.

Highway: Highway 35 Location: Between Front Street in Hudson and North End Road in North Hudson

Schedule: April 26 to late November Cost: $11.17 million Description: Repairing concrete, resurfacing or reconstructing Highway 35, rehabilitating the Lake Mallalieu Bridge, replacing storm sewer systems, completing sanitary sewer and water main work, making improvements at the Highway 35 intersection at Coulee Road/Buckeye Street and adding a two-way left-turn lane between Sommers Street North and North End Road.

Traffic impacts: This project will use a combination of staging, lane closures controlled by flaggers and a detour to move Highway 35 traffic during construction.

•The detour uses I-94, Minnesota Trunk Highways 95 and 36 and Highway 64.

•Highway 35 between Front Street and Coulee Road/Buckeye Street in Hudson is reduced to one lane in each direction.

•Highway 35 between Coulee Road/Buckeye Street and Vine Street in Hudson has various on-street parking spaces closed off.

•Highway 35 between Myrtle and Division streets in Hudson is closed to all through traffic.

•Highway 35 from just south of Monroe Street North to Michaelson Street North in North Hudson is closed to all through traffic.

Submitted by Wisconsin Department of Transportation