Railway Avenue will be closed to through traffic from 4^th Street NE to 27^th Street NE starting Aug. 2. Through traffic on Railway Avenue will be detoured south to Burdick Expressway, while local traffic will utilize 6^th Avenue NE to access residential neighborhoods north of Railway Avenue.

The work on Railway Avenue is part of the Phase 5 of the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project. Phase 5 includes earthen levees, a dry stormwater pond, floodwalls, a city greenway feature, and a stormwater pump station.

When completed, this project will relocate Railway Avenue to the north in a process similar to what took place on 4^th Avenue NW between Broadway and 3^rd Street NE.