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Airport runway to get new pavement

By
Lori Sorenson

The Luverne City Council is seeking bids for paving the Luverne airport runway, according to action at their Tuesday, Feb. 28, meeting.
The project includes asphalt pavement surface treatments, crack repairs, and pavement markings at the Luverne Municipal Airport.
“This is preserving your biggest asset out there, the runway,” said Brian Meyer of DGR Engineering.
“We’re using your available funds to patch that up and get a new surface on it.”
The city will apply for an FAA grant to perform pavement surface treatment and crack repairs on the entire airfield pavements.
The project is estimated at $477,000, with the local share of 5 percent estimated at $23,850.
The work is part of normal maintenance and it’s been part of the five-year improvement plan, according to council member Kevin Aaker, who serves on the Airport Board.
“We keep it maintained so that we don’t have to tear it up and rebuild it,” he said.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved the specifications and authorized the advertisement for bids for the Luverne Airport paving project.
The bid date is set for March 22 at 11 a.m.
The contractor will have 15 consecutive calendar days once work is started later this construction season, with a completion deadline of Oct. 13.
Work will not be permitted between July 15 and Aug. 26 because of crop spraying and the airport’s annual fly-in celebration.
 
PrairiE Loft parking lot
In other business Tuesday, the Luverne City Council approved a final payment of $81,924 to Hulstein Excavating for improvements to the parking lot at PrairiE Loft Apartments.
The city worked with the developer (GreenSmith Luverne Holdings, LLC), to build two 27-unit apartments for workforce housing.
The city and GreenSmith have a development agreement for the 54 apartments.
The developer is financing the apartment complex that will carry a minimum assessment of $8 million.
The city’s tax increment financing fund will pay for the parking lot, and the new taxes generated by the apartment building will pay off the TIF debt.

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