Dirt moved in city industrial park for new growth

Four bulldozers have been working in Luverne’s industrial park to move dirt in preparation for the Lineage Logistics construction this spring.
 “They have moved a boatload of dirt out there already,” Mayor Pat Baustian said during the March 8 City Council meeting. “Just wait for this week.” 
The city’s role in the process is to extend Dakota Avenue 500 feet to the Lineage Logistics property line and to provide city utilities as well.
“It’s not a very long stretch of road, but it goes through kind of a low area, and we’ll need culverts, and there’s extension of water and sewer and all those types of electrical utilities,” City Administrator John Call said at a recent meeting.
During a March 10 bid letting, Henning Construction of Adrian was the low bidder at $775,000.
“That was somewhat fortuitous for the city, because Henning is also doing the site work for Lineage Logistics,” Call said. “So, they’ll already be on site out there. They may want to truck some things in to the site before the road is even done.”
The city also learned that it will receive a federal BDPI public utilities grant that will cover half of the cost.
The Lineage Logistics cold storage warehouse will be 230,000 square feet. It will open within a year with 75 employees and will provide a direct spin-off business for Premium Minnesota Pork.