PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A $4.6 million construction project means drivers will have to navigate lane closures on Plainfield Avenue this summer.
The Michigan Department of Transportation says crews are resurfacing about 2.7 miles of Plainfield from just south of I-96 in Grand Rapids to a little north of Airway Street in Plainfield Township. They will also resurface the highway ramps, build four median islands, improve the sidewalks and do some landscaping, including planting trees.
The project was scheduled to get underway Tuesday and is expected to run through late November. Drivers should expect lane closures, intermittent ramp closures and some total closures at night. When total closures are in effect, traffic will be detoured down 4 Mile and Coit Avenues.
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The median island construction isn’t expected to begin until after school is out, Plainfield Township says. Two of them are going in near Woodworth Avenue (near Meijer) and two near Jupiter Avenue (near Lowe’s). At least some of them will have a place for pedestrians to pause while crossing the street…