City of Bloomington, MN The BUZZ 2023, 17 May 2023

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ May 17

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Get a preview of the I-494 reconstruction project, the Bloomington Police Department honors Peace Officers Memorial Week and a look at the Bloomington Elementary Schools Art Show in the Atrium Gallery.

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Thank you. Welcome to Bloomington today, I'm Emily taplin thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the Buzz for the week of May 17th through the 23rd. The 494 project is slated to begin this summer. The MnDOT, 494 reconstruction project is a multi-year project that will make safety and congestion mitigation improvements. It.

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Will work on making improvements at The, Interchange of 35W and 494? It will add Easy Pass Lanes on 494, between East Bush, Lake, Road and 35W, and then to help get ready for Easy Pass, going further to the east. It's going to reconstruct Bridges at Nicollet, Portland, 12th and then a new pedestrian bridge at Chicago Avenue. The city of Bloomington has spent a lot of time and effort in advocating for this Regional project. The benefits are just having a better freeway and Highway System benefits, Bloomington residents in their mobility and safety getting around the region.

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One of the things that I'm most excited about, though, is that, as traffic flow improves on 494, we expect to see a reduction in some of that Regional traffic on our local Bloomington roadways to.

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Get additional details and updates on traffic impacts visit the link on your screen. The project will be complete in Fall of 2026. members of the Bloomington Police Department gathered for a flag ceremony in honor of national, no Police Week.

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This year, National Police Week is recognized. May 14th through the 20th on Peace Officers Memorial Day Monday May 15th BPD hosted a ceremony at Civic Plaza to honor all police officers who have given their lives while defending the public, Chief Hodges said a few words and the BPD Honor Guard did a three volley salute, followed by the playing of TAPS and.

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My message today is simple: I just want to say thank you.

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Thank you to every I want to say thank you to every single person working here today. Thank you for working for the city of Bloomington.

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Thank you for taking time away from your families. Thank you for putting your life on the line every single day throughout a 25-year career right now, in this country, less than .0019 of the population are police officers, 331 million Americans and 660 000 police officers.

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Just missed my dad as my dad every day and I'm happy. You guys are here to let police officers that have this job still that they they mean something to us, and we need them, and thank you for your service and I'm here to honor dad. This was for you Dad.

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The BPD Honor Guard also stood guard at Minnesota law enforcement. Memorial in Saint Paul on the 15th come explore. The art of elementary students at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, the Bloomington Elementary School's art, show features work from K-5 elementary students, it's put on every year by Bloomington Elementary art specialists in collaboration with Artistry.

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It runs in the atrium Gallery through Thursday May 25th, that is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of May 17th through the 23rd If, you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist learn more about the facility's needs at Creekside. Community Center plus meet the manager of the Bloomington Center for the Arts in a new episode of At Your Service. Thanks for watching foreign.