14 Jul 2025

WisDOT County Highway AB and Roby Road

Expiration date: 7/29/2025

The applicant requests authorization to reconstruct approximately 3.6 miles of USH 51 from Roby Road to County Trunk Highway (CTH) AB on the existing alignment. From Roby Road at the southern terminus of the project area to County Road B, the existing 2-lane undivided roadway would be reconstructed to a 4-lane urban divided roadway with a raised median and 10-foot-wide sidewalk on both sides of USH 51. Rutland–Dunn Townline Road and County Road B intersections would be reconstructed into dual-lane roundabouts. From County Road B to the northern terminus of the project, CTH AB, the existing undivided rural roadway would be reconstructed to a 2-lane rural divided roadway with a continuous raised median. The project would involve the expansion of the existing right of way (ROW).

14 Jul 2025

Spruce Vally 35 Wetland Bank

Expiration date: 8/14/2025

The sponsor is proposing to develop the Spruce Vally 35 Wetland Bank by disabling onsite drainage infrastructure and restoring wetland hydrology and native vegetation. The proposed bank site is approximately 103 acres in size, including upland buffer areas.

8 Jul 2025

Bjorklund Compensatory Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 8/9/2025

The sponsor is proposing to restore approximately 188.4 acres of natural habitat consisting of wet meadow wetland, mesic prairie and forested buffer within the Rum River watershed. The sponsor and the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources have entered into a partnership agreement to complete the proposed wetland restoration project. Currently, much of the site is planted to row crop agriculture with several private ditches providing drainage. The sponsor proposes to achieve the project objectives by disabling the existing private surface drainage systems within the site, stabilizing hydrologic conditions, and re-establishing native plant communities through seeding and planting within the permanently protected conservation easement area.

3 Jul 2025

Trunk Highway 5 Improvements

Expiration date: 7/18/2025

The applicant requests authorization to permanently discharge fill material into 4.00 acres of wetlands and 127 linear feet (0.02 acre) of tributaries and temporarily excavate and backfill 1.19 acres of wetlands and 35 linear feet (263 sq ft) of tributary associated with improvements to TH 5 corridor. Temporary impacts are anticipated to remain in place for up to 180 days and would be restored to preconstruction conditions upon completion of the regulated activities.

2 Jul 2025

Grygelko Mitigation Bank Proposal

Expiration date: 8/1/2025

This proposal was previously advertised on public notice on December 20, 2023, and the sponsor has made several revisions to the original proposal. The revisions include Hydrocad modeling data, as well as an updated wetland delineation report, credit table, performance standards, and design plans. The sponsor proposes to construct a wetland mitigation bank with credits for bank service area 7, which includes the Twin Cities metro area. The objective of the project is to re-establish fresh wet meadow wetlands with mesic prairie upland buffers by discontinuing agricultural use, breaking and blocking existing drain tile, and planting and establishing native, noninvasive vegetation. The successful achievement of the objectives would result in the rehabilitation of 13.8 acres of fresh wet meadow, the enhancement of 0.50 acre of fresh wet meadow, the establishment of 0.50 acre of fresh wet meadow, and the restoration of 14.8 acres of upland buffer.

2 Jul 2025

Potomac Marsh Wetland Bank

Expiration date: 8/1/2025

The sponsor is proposing to develop the Potomac Marsh Wetland Mitigation Bank. The proposed bank site is approximately 55 acres in size, including upland buffer areas. The sponsor intends to restore 2.1 acres of shallow marsh, 16.9 acres of fresh wet meadow, 3.9 acres of hardwood swamp, and 22.5 acres of upland buffer within the property. In addition, the sponsor is proposing to preserve 7.2 acres of upland prairie and upland forest. The sponsor is proposing to restore these wetland communities by filling ditches to restore wetland hydrology and establishing native vegetation by installing native seed mixes in the wetland and upland communities.