Kenilworth Channel closed Monday-Friday next two weeks

SWLRT construction requires Aug. 23-27 and Aug. 30-Sept. 3 closures; channel closes for season Sept. 7

Kenilworth Channel will be open on weekends only for the rest of the season due to work on the Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) project and a project to repair the channel boundary between Burnham Road Bridge and Cedar Lake.

The channel will close Monday, Aug. 23 through Friday, Aug. 27 and Monday, Aug. 30 through Friday, Sept. 3 for SWLRT construction.

Please call the SWLRT Construction Hotline at 612-373-3933 with any questions or concerns about the SWLRT project. Use the links below to visit the Metropolitan Council website to learn more about the project.

• SWLRT project page
• Kenilworth Tunnel Construction page
• Weekly SWLRT Updates for Minneapolis

Kenilworth Channel will be open Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-6, then close for the rest of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 7 for a Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board project to repair the channel boundary. The channel will reopen for winter recreation, weather permitting.

Visit the Kenilworth Channel Stabilization project page for more information on upcoming work to remove the dilapidated wooden channel walls and replace them with a natural channel boundary featuring aquatic plants, stone and soil.