City rubble placed in an empty lot on 14th Avenue South in Minneapolis. The lot was the site of an encampment in the summer of 2022. In recent months, the city has begun filling these lots with rubble to prevent encampments from forming again.

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) rests near the banks of the Mississippi River, staged for the start of a subsurface water main tunnel project. The machine’s circular cutting head and support equipment are visible beside heavy lifting cranes, part of a major infrastructure effort to modernize the city’s underground water distribution system

An aerial view captures the excavation shaft for a massive water main tunnel beneath the Mississippi River. The reinforced concrete cylinder serves as the launch point for a tunnel boring machine, visible nearby, which will cut through layers of limestone and shale to create a new conduit linking the city’s water systems. The project represents a critical upgrade to regional infrastructure, designed to improve reliability and resilience while accommodating future demand across Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The shaft being made that will bring a tunnel boring machine to bore a tunnel under the Mississippi River for a water main.