City Beach, West Lake Drive construction in Detroit Lakes rolls into summer ahead of schedule

City Beach, West Lake Drive construction in Detroit Lakes rolls into summer ahead of schedule

DETROIT LAKES — Even as a roughly $9.8 million overhaul continues to transform West Lake Drive and City Beach, the shoreline remains busy. Memorial Day attracted dozens to the sands of City Beach, and the smell of sunscreen still hung over the construction zone days later as people lounged in the heat. Maintaining access to the beach and nearby businesses is exactly the vision City Engineer Jon Pratt said the city prioritized — and so far, the w…