With St. Croix River floodwaters receding to below flood levels at Stillwater, crews on Monday begin taking down a 15-foot-high temporary dike that went up more than a month ago along Lowell Park.
City leaders say it may take up to ten days to unpile the sandbags, move away concrete barriers, and wrap up wire fencing that took several weeks to build when the river began to rise in March.
The St. Croix River crested at Stillwater on April 2 at one of the highest elevations ever recorded.
According to the city's website, parking near Lowell Park may be prohibited to allowed work vehicled into the area to take down the dike.
Residents who donated sandbags have two weeks to reclaim them. Whatever is left will be hauled away.
Creation of the temporary dike severely limited parking in Stillwater's popular downtown area.
In St. Paul, Ramsey County work crews are still checking out Warner and Shepard roads, which have been closed because of rising waters of the Mississippi River.
Officials with St. Paul public works say there is no time table set on the reopening of those roads.