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Metro Division 1500 County Road 82 West Roseville MN 55113 Phone: 000 (RoseviHe, IVIinn.) - at 8 p.m. Monday evening, Apri129, on Interstate 35W between Highway 36 in Roseville and Lake Drive (Anoka County Road 23) in Blaine. Motorists should expect major congestion and delays during the project. Crews will work around the clock, seven days a week until the resurfacing of all driving lanes and ramps is completed. The emergency work is necessary to correct problems with a crack sealant that failed last Thursday afternoon, April 18, in the northbound lanes ofl-35W between County Road 88 and H\vy. 96 in Arden Hills. The sealant failed when it became soft in the afternoon heat and humidity causing it to stick to the tires of passing vehicles. The material was placed in the roadway late last fall during a routine crack-sealing maintenance operation. Hot temperatures and rain during the past \veek apparently triggered the failure, according to MnlDOT Metro Division Maintenance officials. Resurfacing will begin on the northbound lanes with milling of the roadway surface. While crews are working on the south end of the project area between Hwy. 36 and and 1-694, traffic will be restricted to a single lane from 5 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily including weekends (except during rush hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday). The interstate will then be closed each night from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following moming between Hwy. 36 and 1-694. Traffic \vill detour on Snelling Avenue (Highway 51) and 1-694. As work moves north ofl-694 to Lake Drive, traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction 24 hours a day; seven days a week except during the afternoon rush hour between 3 p.m.. 6 p.m.; Monday through Friday. -MORE-