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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth Communications Office
Mayor Roger J. Reinert
411 West First Street • Duluth, Minnesota 55802 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information, please call 218-730-5309
DATE: 10/21/2019
SUBJECT: Closure to Park Point, other closures
BY: Kate Van Daele, Public Information Officer

Park Point closed to non-residents and other Closures

[Duluth, MN] As an update to the storm, the City of Duluth has closed access to Park Point for non-residents. The Duluth Police Department is checking identification before the Aerial Lift Bridge. Residents who live on Park Point are able to get home, and are able to leave Park Point if they choose. Residents should feel free to stay home if they choose, and are able to leave if they chose to.

Additional street closures include 131st Avenue West and is closed at Highway 23.

Finally, the area around the Park Point Beach House and Recreation Center has been closed to standing water.

There are a lot of down power lines throughout the area. The public is encouraged to not drive over anything that looks like a line, even if it isn’t. For additional information on power outages please visit Minnesota Power’s outage page on their website. If you are driving home, please note that there are several traffic signals that are black. Please drive with caution, and if you come to a light that has a signal with no power, please treat it as a four-way stop.

The City continues to remind the public not to drive through standing water.

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