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<br /> <br />Project Update: July/August 2015 <br /> <br />Environmental remediation update <br />Environmental cleanup work is nearing completion. Crews are expected to complete the work by the <br />end of September. When the work is complete, approximately 93% of the materials on the site will have <br />been recycled or reused in new roadways on the site and in other parts of the Twin Cities. All recycled <br />materials have been or will be approved for re-use as clean materials by the Minnesota Pollution Control <br />Agency. <br /> <br />Transportation and infrastructure projects <br />Construction at Highway 96 and I-35W is <br />ongoing. By the end of August, the <br />northern half of the new bridge will be <br />ready for traffic. Construction is scheduled <br />to be complete by November 2015. <br /> <br />Additionally, the Rice Creek Commons <br />infrastructure team continues <br />collaboration with the Rice Creek <br />Watershed District, the U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers, and the Minnesota Department <br />of Natural Resources on a Rice Creek <br />remeander project at County Road H. The <br />project includes creating 500 feet of new <br />creek channel, the creation of wetlands, <br />and the restoration of the flood plain to <br />improve wildlife habitat. It is scheduled to begin in October 2015. <br /> <br />Ramsey County continues to make progress on construction plans for the new I-35W interchange at <br />County Road H. Construction for that project will begin in March 2016. <br /> <br />STEAM trailer <br />For the past two years the Mounds View Public Schools have incorporated the Rice Creek Commons <br />redevelopment project into their STEAM curriculum (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). <br />More than 700 middle school students have toured the site and taken part in master planning exercises <br />led by project experts. This fall, through a grant from Cummins Power Generation and support from <br />other corporate and nonprofit partners, we are launching an onsite learning classroom at Rice Creek <br />Commons. In the fall and spring, teachers at the middle and high schools will have access to the <br />classroom, where students can learn about natural resources, utilize specialty equipment to test the <br />water in Rice Creek, and get a front row seat to redevelopment activity at the site.