As the Michigan Department of Transportation plans 2012 road construction on M-52 in Chelsea, the City Council has decided to fund up to $70,000 for an enhanced traffic light at the corner of Old US-12 and M-52. Included in the state road project are a “mill and two-course hot mix ...
Some Washtenaw County highways will soon get new median barriers designed to save lives. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is installing cable barriers in freeway medians to reduce the frequency and severity of median-crossover crashes. MDOT says cross-median crashes are three times more deadly than other freeway crashes, and ...
An image captured from a camera at I-94 and I-275. Starting sometime next year, drivers on Ann Arbor-area freeways will be on camera as they travel about. The Michigan Department of Transportation is installing the cameras, as well as message boards, to help motorists avoid congested areas and improve travel ...
Ann Arbor area residents are being asked to give their input on what Michigan's future passenger rail system should look like and how it should operate. Would Southeast Michigan benefit from a modern commuter rail system — one linking Ann Arbor and Detroit? Similarly, should the state continue pushing ahead ...
The city of Ann Arbor is getting nearly $3 million from the state of Michigan for the East Stadium Boulevard bridges reconstruction project, officials announced today. The Michigan Department of Transportation's Local Bridge Advisory Board awarded a grant for $1.75 million. MDOT also is chipping in another $1.2 million through ...
The city of Ann Arbor received more good news today on funding for the reconstruction of the East Stadium Boulevard bridges, with a high-ranking official from the Michigan Department of Transportation hinting at more grant funds to come. The city overcame seemingly insurmountable odds last week to land nearly $14 ...
A median cable guardrail to prevent crossover crashes will be installed along US-23 in Livingston County next spring, part of the state's five-year safety improvement plan. Since Sunday, many have been questioning whether such a guardrail would have prevented a tragic head-on crash in Green Oak Township that killed five ...
State Rep. Pam Byrnes, D-Lyndon Township, joined her colleagues in the state House today in a historic vote to allow the Michigan Department of Transportation to enter into public-private partnerships, a major step toward the construction of the Detroit River International Crossing.