MDOT suspending majority of projects for holiday travel rush
Tom Hillen
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) The Michigan Department of Transportation will suspend the majority of its projects for the rush of travel during Memorial Day weekend.
However, some of their bigger projects will remain in place and could slow you down as you travel about Michigan this weekend.
Some of the big projects in West Michigan that will not be going away are the closure of southbound I-196 in the Saugatuck-Douglas area. That project shifts the southbound lanes to the northbound side, keeping one lane open in each direction, between 138th Avenue and 126th Avenue. Also closed is the exit to Blue Star Highway from southbound I-196/US-31 and the entrance from Blue Star Highway to southbound I-196/US-31.
Michigan pausing road work across state for holiday weekend travel
Lifting of traffic restrictions starts Friday
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MDOT is pausing work and lifting traffic restrictions across the state to help ease travel ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
MDOT says it’ll be lifting lane restrictions on more than 62% of road and bridge projects. AAA Michigan estimates more than 1.1 million Michigan residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 57 percent increase from last year.
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Beginning at 3 p.m. Friday, May 28, and continuing until 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, 121 out of 194 projects statewide will have lane restrictions removed. While motorists will see suspended operations in most MDOT work zones for the weekend, drivers are advised that equipment and certain traffic configurations may remain in place, like temporary shifts or shoulder closures.