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MDOT to invest $120.8 million in 2013 Bay Region Program
Michigan DOT sent this bulletin at 03/18/2013 11:32 AM EDT |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013
CONTACT: Anita Richardson, MDOT Office of Communications, 989-239-1732
MDOT to invest $120.8 million in 2013 Bay Region program
- $120.8 million will be invested in MDOT Bay Region roads and bridges this year. - ITS installation will continue in the Bay Region in 2013. - Major projects include replacing bearings on I-75's Zilwaukee Bridge.
March 18, 2013 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) 2013 construction program will bring $120.8 million in transportation improvements to the MDOT Bay Region this year. The improvements include approximately $82.5 million in road and bridge investments and $35.5 million in preventive maintenance projects that will keep a significant number of roads and bridges in good condition through minor repair work. An additional $2.8 million will cover trails, pavement markings, and signal projects. "Improving the freeway system while increasing system reliability and traveler safety and mobility is our goal," said MDOT Bay Region Engineer Robert Ranck, Jr. The MDOT Bay Region includes 13 counties in the Saginaw Bay area: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac, and Tuscola. Major state trunklines in the region include I-75, I-69, US-127, US-23, and US-10. These highways are primary tourism and international trade routes that serve industrial centers within the Flint area and the Great Lakes Bay Region (Saginaw, Bay, and Midland counties), along with the Mt. Pleasant and Thumb areas. MDOT also will continue ongoing investment in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) during 2013 throughout the Bay Region. Electronic signs, cameras and detectors currently are being installed along I-75 from Auburn Hills to Grayling, and on I-675, I-475, US-10 and US-127. Information from these devices will be used to update motorists in real time on the road and on MDOT's popular MI Drive traffic information Web site, www.michigan.gov/drive. MDOT ITS message boards display real-time travel information to alert motorists with important traffic messages about lane closures, traffic incidents, or expected delays in order to help motorists get to where they're going as quickly and safely as possible. "The Bay Region is constantly working to improve motorist safety along Michigan roadways by using new technologies, including ITS devices," said Ranck. For more information on the MDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, go to: www.michigan.gov/its. Major Bay Region projects planned for 2013 include: - I-69, Genesee County, milling and resurfacing from M-13 to Elms Road. - I-69, Genesee County, bridge repairs over Irish Road. - I-69, Lapeer County, pavement repairs on the eastbound lanes from M-24 to the Lapeer/St. Clair county line. - I-75, Genesee County, improvements on the southbound I-75 ramp to eastbound I-69. - I-75, Genesee County, Maple Road bridge repairs over I-75. - I-75, Genesee County, bridge maintenance over the CSX Railroad and on southbound I-75 over southbound US-23. - I-75 Genesee County, Baldwin Road bridge repairs over I-75. - I-75, Saginaw County, road improvements from Janes Road to I-675, including replacing the Janes Road bridge and repairing the Wadsworth Road and CSX Railroad bridges, along with replacing bearings on the Zilwaukee Bridge over the Saginaw River. - M-13, Bay County, bridge replacement over Johnson Creek. - M-13/M-84 in Bay City, Bay County, road improvements from Euclid Avenue to the Lafayette Bascule Bridge. - M-15, Genesee County, bridge maintenance over the Flint River and on the I-75 on ramp over Swartz Creek. - M-20, Isabella County, boulevard construction from east of Summerton Road to east of Leaton Road. - M-25, Tuscola County, milling and resurfacing from the Bay/Tuscola county line to Bay Park Road. - M-25, Tuscola County, bridge replacement over the Quanicassee River. - M-53 in Bad Axe, Huron County, road improvements from Outer Drive to M-142. - US-10, Midland County, road and bridge improvements from the Midland/Isabella county line east to M-18, including eight bridges. ###
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