Completing a resurfacing and reconstruction project along White Bear Avenue in St. Paul highlights more than 30 road projects planned by Ramsey County crews this year.

The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners this week approved the work for the coming construction season. The work will include resurfacing about 15 miles of county roads, as well as other work such as intersection improvements.

The total cost for the Ramsey County-funded maintenance and construction projects in 2017: $17.4 million.

The White Bear Avenue work between Interstate 94 and Beech Street in St. Paul began last year and includes new curbs and gutters and wider driving lanes. The avenue will remain open during the work.

Other notable projects include:

Rebuilding intersection at County Road I, Rice Creek Parkway and Old Highway 8 in Arden Hills and Mounds View. The work will improve access to the Rice Creek Commons development site.

Resurfacing Como Avenue from Marion to Dale streets in St. Paul. The avenue will remain open during the work.

Concrete pavement on the roadway in St. Paul leading to the Ford Parkway Bridge over the Mississippi River will be removed and replaced in fall 2017. Traffic will be maintained.

Nearly 15 percent of county roads throughout Ramsey County have been resurfaced in the past three years, according to county officials. This season’s resurfacing work will cost about $7.4 million, with $3.8 million coming from the $10 per vehicle wheelage tax.

2017 PROJECTS MAPPED OUT

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