NASCAR-affiliated public service announcement being filmed in Pittsfield Township on Monday
A Pittsfield Township intersection will be closed for part of the day Monday to accommodate a crew filming a public service announcement affiliated with NASCAR.
Urban Legends, a production company from California, requested the intersection of Textile and State roads be closed for at least six hours Monday to film the announcement.
Supervisor Mandy Grewal said the production is associated with NASCAR and was a late submission to the agenda at Wednesday night’s township Board of Trustees meeting.
The measure to close the intersection passed unanimously, with Trustee Stephanie Hunt absent.
Officials said producers were interested in a rural setting and hoped to capitalize on opportune timing - NASCAR’s Carfax 400 event is scheduled for Sunday at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.
The company will hire four township police officers to direct traffic during filming, and will fully reimburse the township for roughly $1,900, Public Safety Director Matt Harshberger said.
Signs will be provided by a Lansing-area company and should be up by Friday morning to begin warning motorists. Bulletins also will be issued via the Nixle community-alert system and by e-mails to community organizations.
Harshberger said he didn't know which, if any, NASCAR drivers were involved. He also didn't know the content of the PSA, other than it involves some dialogue and requires a motorcycle to be stationary in a left-turn lane. He said it’s scheduled for viewing sometime during Labor Day weekend.
Closures will begin at 6 a.m. and are scheduled to last until noon. Harshberger said the closures will be intermittent, depending on the need for quiet during the dialogue portions of filming. Officers will be directing traffic through nearby office parks to keep traffic moving and isolated from the crews, he added.
“The morning rush hour will be a bit of a headache, but they’ll be done by noon, and we hope to keep things moving,” Harshberger said.
It's unclear whether either the township or police department will receive credit in the production.
The board also approved closing Campus Parkway from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1 to accommodate the annual Saline High School Homecoming Parade.
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Art Aisner is a freelance writer for AnnArbor.com. Reach the news desk at news@annarbor.com or 734-623-2530.
Comments
salineguy
Thu, Aug 12, 2010 : 1:08 p.m.
One of the four corners is about as rural as it gets with a boarded up centennial farmhouse that is in disrepair. An office park to the East and a subdivision of high priced homes to the South. Very little of the scenery will be shown most likely, but I still look forward to seeing the PSA when it comes out. Let us know the timing please.
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Thu, Aug 12, 2010 : 9:51 a.m.
there ought to be plenty of reconstituted school buses w/patio decks on top and smoker/grills coming by about that time. git-r-done