Brick-lined Kalamazoo street shut down 3 years ago won’t stay closed forever

KALAMAZOO, MI — Orange barrels have been replaced by long-term barriers, blocking traffic on a Kalamazoo street that’s been closed for three years and counting.

Academy Street has been closed off near the railroad tracks since 2022, blocking traffic from using a portion of the brick-lined street.

A culvert over Arcadia Creek failed, and the city closed the street in 2022, Public Services Director James Baker said, making the street unsafe to drive over…

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