Road construction

Well, do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news is progress is being made to the completion of the multi-year project redoing the Portage Road intersection with I-94 and the widening of I-94 all the way past Sprinkle Road.

Yes, they're making progress, but that doesn't mean there won't be pain in the final stretch of construction on the Portage Road - Kilgore Road - I-94 Interchange project.

A video has gone viral of a Southfield School bus completely destroying a road as a crew is paving it.

The Kalamazoo City Commission approved funding for a project to redo Stadium Drive between Howard and Lovell in Kalamazoo. That's already underway. And there more big projects this year, too.

One of the next projects to get underway is located in southern Kent and Barry Counties. MDOT will be resurfacing approximately six miles of M-37 from Middleville north to 92nd Street in Caledonia.

This week is also the 21st annual National Work Zone Awareness Week and the theme this year is "Drive Safe. Work Safe. Save Lives."

The annual release from the Road Commission of Kalamazoo (RCKC) came late last week and it going to be another year of road construction.

Another phase of the I-69 rebuilding project between I-94 and Lansing gets going next week. This involves a ten-mile stretch between Olivet and Charlotte.

Jokingly, we all know the two constants in life are death and taxes. However, during a pandemic, that is all too real, and certainly not a source for humor, just a wry observation. In the same breath, any Michigander knows, you can add road construction to that combo.

Battle Creek's City Commission approved the first round of road construction projects for 2020.