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The Michigan Department of Transportation will have various lane restrictions in place at US-23 at Willis Road for bridge demolition and ramp rebuilding work in Washtenaw County beginning Friday, March 10.
County: Washtenaw
Highway: US-23
Closest city: Ypsilanti
Start date: 10 p.m., Friday, March 10, 2023
Completion date: 5 p.m. Sunday, June 18, 2023
Traffic restrictions:
10 p.m. – 6 a.m. Friday, March 10 to Saturday, March 11
9 p.m. – 6 a.m. Saturday, March 11 to Sunday, March 12
9 p.m. – 5 a.m. Sunday, March 12 to Monday, March 13
Northbound and southbound US-23 at Willis Road will be detoured nightly via the Willis Road entrance and exit ramps.
9 a.m. Thursday, March 10 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 18
Eastbound and westbound Willis Road at US-23 will be detoured via Carpenter Road, US-12, and Platt Road.
9 a.m. Thursday, March 10 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 18
The eastbound Willis Road ramp to northbound US-23 will be detoured nightly via Platt Road, US-12, and northbound US-23.
Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.
Jobs numbers: Based on economic modeling, this investment is expected to directly and indirectly support 876 jobs.
Safety benefit: Closing lanes during this type of work is necessary to provide the safest work area possible for crews and motorists.
I wonder what it would cost the city to withdraw from authority all together? To service only the city limits of Saline may be a simple task and require far fewer people. The police can be cross trained to work both law enforcement and fire safety. Does the City of Saline own the building and the fire trucks?
Light freezing rain, with a high of 19 and low of 1 degrees. Sunny in the morning, overcast for the afternoon, light freezing rain during the evening, partly cloudy overnight.
Interesting. So, it would seem the Board's earlier decision, a decision facilitating the data center, afforded residents a mechanism to have their voices heard and to potentially stop the unwanted data center. The Board has now reversed that decision to deny citizens that very right to with they are entitled.