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1. Add or change street signs or traffic control

The City receives many requests each year to add or change
streets signs or traffic control at intersections or along street segments
within the City. These requests include:

• Changing yield signs to stop signs
• Changing two-way stop control to four-way stop control
• Changing speed limits
• Adding handicap stalls to on-street parking areas or city parking lots or ramps
• Adding time restrictions to on-street parking stalls (such as 15 minute parking or 2 hour parking)
• Restricting parking on one or both sides of the street

When we receive these requests, we do some research and
present them to a group of city staff from many city departments. For those
requests that are deemed reasonable by city staff, staff will bring the item
before City Council for approval. If you have a request involving any of these
items, please contact the City Engineering Department at 651-385-3674. 

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2. Apply for a new address

For addresses within the City of Red Wing, the City Engineering Department handles all addressing-related issues. If you are wanting to apply for an address for a new building, a split of an existing building, suites within a building, or any other type of address, please contact the City Engineering Department at 651.385.3674.

Please note that the US Postal Service and Goodhue County are not authorized to assign addresses within the City of Red Wing. When an address is assigned by the City, the US Postal Service and Goodhue County will be notified, and your property information will be updated in their systems at that time.

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3. Apply for a utility permit

If you are a utility company (for example, Xcel Energy, CenturyLink, HBC, Charter Communications, or another utility) wishing to do work within the city right of way, you will need to fill out a Utility Permit. This permit can be found at the Permits and Licensing page. The fee for a utility permit is $100 for mainline work or $0 for service work from the main lines to a house, business, or other building. Utility permits are required for work on service work within city right of way even though the permit fee is free.

If you are a property owner, business owner, or resident wishing to do work in city right of way, you do not need to submit a Utility Permit. Instead, you need to fill out an Application for Work in City Right of Way, which can be found on the Permits & Licensing page.

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4. Find upcoming projects

Thanks for your interest in projects within the City of Red
Wing! The City Engineering Department is responsible for planning, designing,
and inspecting street construction, reconstruction, and maintenance projects
within the city. The following sections describe some ways to find out what
projects are upcoming within the City of Red Wing.

New Street Construction Projects

Currently, there are no new street construction projects scheduled for construction within the next 5 years. This may change as new subdivisions are added to the city or missing roadway connections are petitioned for by property owners.

Street Reconstruction Projects

In order to adequately plan and prepare for street maintenance and reconstruction projects, the City Engineering Department maintains a 5-Year Street Reconstruction Plan. This 5-Year Street Reconstruction Plan corresponds to the current 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan approved by the City Council each year during the annual budgeting process.

There are a few things you should know as you look at the 5-Year Street Reconstruction Plan map:

• Projects shown in the first year or two of the plan are more likely to occur than projects in the final 3 years of the plan.
• Projects may be modified (lengthened, shortened, eliminated) from what is shown due to budgetary considerations, scheduling conflicts with other projects, staff workload, high/low bid prices, and other factors.
• This map does not show maintenance projects, such as Mill & Overlay, Full Depth Reclamation, or Seal Coat projects.

The City''s Transportation Plan (PDF), a part of the Red Wing 2040 Comprehensive Plan process, includes longer-range planning of street reconstruction projects.

Please contact the City Engineering Department if you have any questions regarding an upcoming project or want to suggest moving a project up or down on our plan.

Street Maintenance Projects

The City of Red Wing currently utilizes three types of street maintenance projects to keep our streets lasting as long as possible before needing reconstruction. Those types of projects are Mill & Overlay projects, Full Depth Reclamation projects, and Seal Coat projects. 

The City's Transportation Plan (PDF), a part of the Red Wing 2040 Comprehensive Plan process, includes longer-range planning of street maintenance projects. 

Please contact the City Engineering Department if you have any questions regarding an upcoming project or want to suggest moving a project up or down on our plan.

Other City Street and Utility Projects

The City also undertakes a number of smaller projects each year to replace deficient utilities, curb/gutter, pavement, and other things. Many of these projects are either emergency projects or so small that they are not budgeted for as standalone projects. If you have any questions about projects not otherwise listed in the links in this section or have suggestions for other small projects, please contact the City Public Works Department at 651.385.3674.

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5. Replace my driveway apron

If you’re looking at replacing your driveway apron (the part of your driveway that meets the curb or street pavement), there are a few things that you’ll need to know before doing the work.

1. Submit an Application for Work in City Right of Way form. This form, which can be found on the Permits & Licensing page, needs to be filled out before any work begins on your project. There is no cost to submit the application.
2. Be familiar with city construction standards. You can find these standards on the City Engineering Department webpage. You must follow these standards when constructing a driveway apron on city property, even if the driveway apron you are replacing didn’t meet these standards and even if your neighbor’s driveway aprons don’t meet these standards. The City Engineering Department would be happy to answer any questions regarding these standards, and we are willing to stop out to your property to talk through your specific project with you.
3. Arrange for a form inspection at least 24 hours in advance of pouring the driveway apron. Please call the Engineering Department at 651.385.3674 to arrange an inspection. We request at least 24 hours’ notice to ensure that we can have an inspector available to do the inspection before you pour the concrete.
4. Correct any deficiencies noted by the inspector prior to pouring the driveway apron. This may require another inspection to confirm that everything is formed up correctly.
5. Pour your concrete!

If we find that a driveway apron within our right of way is installed incorrectly, was installed without a submitted Application for Work in City Right of Way, or was installed without proper inspection, you will be responsible for replacing the driveway apron to the correct standards at your cost. The City reserves the right to decline future Application for Work in City Right of Way applications to property owners and/or contractors if sidewalks are installed incorrectly and have not been corrected to the satisfaction of the City.

We at the City Engineering Department want to help as much as we can to get your driveway apron replaced correctly, so please contact us at 651.385.3674 if you would like our help!

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6. Replace my sidewalk

If you’re looking at replacing sidewalk within the city
right of way, there are a few things that you’ll need to know before doing the
work. 

Confirm that the sidewalk you’re replacing is
within the city right of way.

Generally, sidewalk parallel to the street and sidewalk meeting the curb is within city right of way. If you have questions as to exactly what might be within city right of way, the Goodhue County online parcel viewer is a good place to start. The parcel viewer isn’t always completely accurate, so please get in contact with the City Engineering Department if you need further assistance. If the sidewalk that you’re replacing is on private property, you will not need to follow the remaining steps on the list, but you need to contact the Building Inspections department at 651.385.3623 to determine whether you will need any additional permits from them for the work that you are proposing to do.

If the sidewalk is within city right of way, follow these steps.

1.  The Application for Work in City Right of Way, which can be found on the Permits & Licensing page, needs to be filled out before any work begins on your project. There is no cost to submit the application.
2. Be familiar with city construction standards. You can find these standards on the City Engineering Department website. You must follow these standards when constructing sidewalk on city property, even if the sidewalk you are replacing didn’t meet these standards and even if your neighbor’s sidewalk didn’t meet these standards. The City Engineering Department would be happy to answer any questions regarding these standards, and we are willing to stop out to your property to talk through your specific project with you.
3. Arrange for a form inspection at least 24 hours in advance of pouring sidewalk. Please call the Engineering Department at 651.385.3674 to arrange an inspection. We request at least 24 hours’ notice to ensure that we can have an inspector available to do the inspection before you pour the concrete.
4. Correct any deficiencies noted by the inspector prior to pouring sidewalk. This may require another inspection to confirm that everything is formed up correctly.
5. Pour your concrete!

If we find that sidewalk within our right of way is installed incorrectly, was installed without a submitted Application for Work in City Right of Way, or was installed without proper inspection, you will be responsible for replacing the sidewalk to the correct standards at your cost. The City reserves the right to decline future Application for Work in City Right of Way applications to property owners and/or contractors if sidewalks are installed incorrectly and have not been corrected to the satisfaction of the City.

We at the City Engineering Department want to help as much as we can to get your sidewalk replaced correctly, so please contact us at 651.385.3674 if you would like our help!

7. Report a roadway safety issue

The City values the safety and input of its citizens,
business owners, and visitors. If you have a safety issue, please contact us
according to the following list:

• For any emergency, proceed to a safe location and call 911.
• If a traffic signal/stoplight is out, please contact the Red Wing Police Department/Goodhue County Sheriff Dispatch at 651.385.3155.
• For potholes, concerns regarding curbs, and concerns with street trees, please contact the City Public Works Department at 651.385.3674.
• For drainage problems, please contact the City Engineering Department at 651.385.3674. If these problems are causing ice issues on a sidewalk or street, please contact the City Public Works Department at 651.385.3674.
• For sidewalk and pedestrian crosswalk safety concerns, please contact the City Engineering Department at 651.385.3674.
• For intersection safety issues, please contact the City Engineering Department at 651.385.3674.
• For any other safety issues not otherwise covered in this list, please contact the City Engineering Department at 651.385.3674.

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8. Submit an Application for Work in City Right of Way

1.  This form, which can be found on the Permits & Licensing page , needs to be filled out before any work begins on your project. There is no cost to submit the application.
2. Be familiar with city construction standards. You can find these standards on the City Engineering Department website. You must follow these standards when constructing sidewalk on city property, even if the sidewalk you are replacing didn’t meet these standards and even if your neighbor’s sidewalk didn’t meet these standards. The City Engineering Department would be happy to answer any questions regarding these standards, and we are willing to stop out to your property to talk through your specific project with you.
3. Arrange for a form inspection at least 24 hours in advance of pouring sidewalk. Please call the Engineering Department at 651.385.3674 to arrange an inspection. We request at least 24 hours’ notice to ensure that we can have an inspector available to do the inspection before you pour the concrete.
4. Correct any deficiencies noted by the inspector prior to pouring sidewalk. This may require another inspection to confirm that everything is formed up correctly.
5. Pour your concrete!

If we find that sidewalk within our right of way is installed incorrectly, was installed without a submitted Application for Work in City Right of Way, or was installed without proper inspection, you will be responsible for replacing the sidewalk to the correct standards at your cost. The City reserves the right to decline future Application for Work in City Right of Way applications to property owners and/or contractors if sidewalks are installed incorrectly and have not been corrected to the satisfaction of the City.

We at the City Engineering Department want to help as much as we can to get your sidewalk replaced correctly, so please contact us at 651.385.3674 if you would like our help!

Engineering Department webpage