Roads & Construction

Published March 12, 2019

Shores, Farms officials hope to spur Wayne County to address crumbling seawall

GROSSE POINTE SHORES/GROSSE POINTE FARMS — “Let’s get the damn seawall built,” District 1 Wayne County Commissioner Tim Killeen, D-Detroit, said during a Feb. 19 Grosse Pointe Shores City Council meeting, paraphrasing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s campaign catchphrase, “Let’s fix the damn roads.”

Published March 5, 2019

Troy Times

Road Commission for Oakland County rolls out overlay

TROY — Road Commission for Oakland County officials recently approved three roadway projects slated for this summer that should yield gain with minimal pain.

Published March 5, 2019

Troy Times

Work on I-75 set to start March 8

TROY — Motorists who must travel Interstate 75 between Coolidge Highway and 13 Mile Road, as well as those traveling on surface streets near the freeway, should plan ahead and expect delays when work is scheduled to begin March 8.

The amended “Move Over or Slow Down” law took effect on Feb. 13. One requirement is for drivers to slow down to at least 10 mph below the posted speed limit and move to a new lane when approaching certain stationary vehicles.

Published February 25, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Michigan’s ‘move over law’ now in effect

LANSING — An amended state law is now in effect.

The Stationary Authorized Emergency Vehicles Public Act took effect Feb. 13 and is aimed at putting a stop to collisions that occur on the side of the road when an authorized vehicle is pulled over.

A truck drives past a damaged portion of Merrill Road in Sterling Heights. City officials say the road will receive repairs from around 18 1/2 Mile Road to M-59 as part of this year’s road construction plans.

Published February 25, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

City announces 2019 roads agenda

Although pothole season is not yet over, Sterling Heights city officials said they are eager to begin a campaign to repair several major roads this year in addition to some local streets.

Published February 25, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe might allow nonprofits to resume corner collections

EASTPOINTE — Eastpointe residents may soon be seeing the Knights of Columbus return for the group’s yearly collection. The organization hasn’t collected in Eastpointe since 2016 after state and local regulations changed to prevent them from doing so.

Published February 20, 2019

Troy Times

MDOT officials lay out I-75 plan

Motorists will grapple with traffic delays caused by road construction relatively soon as crews resume work on the Interstate 75 modernization project next month.

On Feb. 4, the Ferndale City Council approved increasing the parking rates and enforcement hours in order to bring in more money to pay for the construction of the development on Troy Street, known as “The dot.”

Published February 12, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale council votes to increase parking rates, hours

FERNDALE — To help pay for the construction of the development on Troy Street, known as “The dot,” Ferndale will be raising the hourly rates for all metered parking in the city.

Published February 11, 2019

C&G Newspapers

‘Void’ found on 15 Mile Road near sinkhole location

FRASER — Macomb County Public Works Office spokesperson Dan Heaton issued a statement Feb. 6 regarding an infrastructure situation on 15 Mile Road, between Hayes and Utica roads, in Fraser.

Published February 6, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms gets funding to rate road conditions

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Farms will be getting state funding to take a closer look at its roads this spring. The Farms was one of several communities chosen to receive a portion of $60,000 in state funding through the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments for the purpose of road evaluation and road asset management planning.

Detroit bike-sharing program MoGo will be holding a meeting Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Kulick Community Center to help determine where in Ferndale its bike stations will be located.

Published February 5, 2019

Woodward Talk

MoGo meeting to get input on bike-sharing locations

FERNDALE — It’s been known for a while that MoGo, Detroit’s bike-sharing program, soon will make its way to Ferndale, but what’s not been known is where the bikes will be located in the city.

Pleasant Ridge is implementing a traffic-calming manual and program for its city streets in an attempt to make them safer. Early streets to be targeted for changes include Woodward Heights Boulevard and Oakland Park Boulevard, while Ridge Road, seen here, had some safety measures already implemented.

Published January 29, 2019

Woodward Talk

Pleasant Ridge plans traffic-calming manual, program

PLEASANT RIDGE — Pleasant Ridge is coming close to implementing a traffic-calming manual and program for its city streets.

Published January 28, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Garfield Road getting structural fix in 2019-20

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Drivers who travel on Garfield Road know it’s in dire need of physical improvements. The Clinton Township Board of Trustees just voted to kick-start that process.

Published January 28, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Giant ring monument rounds out M-59 corridor markers

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights’ construction of Golden Corridor emblems on M-59/Hall Road has finally come full circle. In mid-January, work crews finished erecting the final large golden ring monument in a median along the corridor, near Lakeside Mall. Much of the installation work involved piecing together four parts of the ring, city officials said.

Published January 23, 2019

Rochester Post

Speed limit lowered on Tienken Road, near Adams High School

ROCHESTER HILLS — Officials have lowered the speed limit near Adams High School following an increase in car crashes in the area. Tienken Road, near the Adams High School drop-off loop, was originally 40 mph, but as of Jan. 7, the speed limit was changed to 25 mph, from 7 to 7:30 a.m. and from 2:25 to 3 p.m. on school days only.

Published January 22, 2019

Troy Times

Street teams kept eyes on roads and drains during no-snow days

TROY — Although motorists got a break from driving on snow-covered streets during the first weeks of winter, city crews stayed busy.

Published January 22, 2019

Troy Times

Crews patch potholes on I-75, closing freeway for hours

TROY — Single-digit temperatures followed by daytime warming Jan. 21 made for the perfect storm of potholes along Interstate 75 in Troy.

Published January 16, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Local police say I-696 closure didn’t cause the traffic problems they anticipated

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — With Interstate 696 open in both directions, drivers are breathing a sigh of relief as more than six months of lane closures and detours came to an end.

Published January 15, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe City gears up for 2019 road program

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Roadwork may still be months away from starting, but Grosse Pointe City officials are already preparing for 2019 construction.

Published January 15, 2019

Woodward Talk

Coolidge Highway to undergo major lane restriping

BERKLEY — Coolidge Highway is on its way to seeing a major change in a few months. The Berkley City Council unanimously passed a resolution at its Jan. 7 meeting supporting an evaluation for a lane reduction on the major roadway, from four lanes to two with a middle left-turn lane, bike lanes and additional parking, between 11 Mile and 12 Mile roads.

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