Shakopee awards $481,804 contract for Safe Routes changes near three schools

Shakopee City Council awarded a $481,804 construction contract May 5 to S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc. for the city’s 2026 Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Improvements project.

The project will change roadway configurations, school drop-off circulation and pedestrian crossings near Sweeney Elementary, Shakopee High School and Sun Path Elementary. That means parents, students, school staff and other drivers will encounter planned changes on several streets connecting the three school sites.

What will change near each school

At Sweeney Elementary, the parent pickup and drop-off driveway will move to the Lions Park roadway network. The project also will add a pedestrian refuge island and a pedestrian-activated crosswalk near the school.

Adams Street between Vierling Drive and 10th Avenue will be converted from four lanes to three lanes. The city’s project materials also identify improvements involving Adams Street, Fuller Street and Quail Drive as supported in part by Safe Routes to School grant funding.

Near Shakopee High School, crews will add a pedestrian refuge island at Fuller Street and Caspian Lane. Vierling Drive will be converted from four lanes to three lanes between Fuller Street and the terminus of the Marystown Road corridor improvements.

Near Sun Path Elementary, the project will extend a sidewalk south along Quail Drive to Quail Court. Together, the planned work covers street design, school circulation and pedestrian facilities at three Shakopee schools.

Contract and funding

The council’s action was formalized in Resolution R2026-067. The $481,804 contract was awarded to S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc., making the construction award the latest confirmed step in the project.

Approximately $272,000 in Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant funds supports the work. The city’s 2026–2030 Capital Improvement Plan lists the grant funding and identifies the grant-supported improvements involving Adams Street, Fuller Street and Quail Drive.

The project is not described as completed. The approved city materials do not establish a latest construction completion date or provide an August 2026 traffic-closure schedule. Until the city releases additional timing information, residents and commuters should treat the lane, crossing and pickup-route changes as planned project features rather than changes already in effect.