Mackinac Bridge Authority delays Labor Day decision
Mackinac Bridge Authority delays Labor Day decision
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The fate of the Labor Day walk on the Mackinac Bridge is still up in the air. After the event was called off in 2020, the Bridge Authority is balancing uncertainty around what state guidelines will allow for the early September tradition against the high cost for planning and hosting the 30,000 participants who take part.
The 2019 walk set back the Mackinac Bridge Authority and the Michigan State Police over $500,000. At Tuesday’s virtual meeting, Executive Secretary Kim Nowack presented on the state’s “Vacc to Normal” plan and current trends. The state’s vaccination rate continues to rise, but the pace has cooled considerably in recent weeks. As it stands today, seventy percent of eligible adults have to get their first dose before restrictions are lifted completely.
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May 19, 2021
The Mackinac Bridge Authority has decided to wait on whether to hold the 2021 bridge walk, or cancel it for the second year in a row.
They’ve decided to wait and see how vaccination efforts play out across Michigan, and see if the goal of 70% of those 16 and up vaccinated can be reached by Labor Day.
“We’re talking about it now because the current order for a gathering of 300, we have to get to a place where we could gather 30,000, and that would be step four,” said Kim Nowack, Executive Secretary with the Mackinac Bridge Authority.
Right now, Michigan is in step two of Governor Whitmer’s “Vacc to Normal” plan.