road construction

It's road construction time in Grand Rapids. There are some roads you might want to avoid in the month of May.

One positive with the weather getting colder is that is usually means the end of West Michigan "construction season"...

This is normally the time of year that road construction projects are wrapping up and the orange construction barrels are put into storage until next spring.

If you are hitting the road and traveling this Memorial Day weekend -- you are not alone!

Orange barrels are showing up on area roadways now that construction season is underway. Two new construction projects will begin on Monday, April 18th.

One of the next projects to get underway is located in southern Kent and Barry Counties. MDOT will be resurfacing approximately six miles of M-37 from Middleville north to 92nd Street in Caledonia.

Slow down! This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week. It's an effort to remind drivers to slow down in construction zones so workers can go home to their families.

Getting anywhere quickly on US-131 through Grand Rapids this weekend may be close to impossible. Double lane closures for road work will be in place on Saturday and Sunday.

MDOT is wrapping up the 96/196 flip and has ended the lane closure after Fuller Ave and re-opened the Beltline exit for I-196 eastbound.

As everyone starts to get out and about, another stretch of I-196 will be closed this weekend.

It's summer in Michigan! That, of course, means a lot of orange barrels and road closings. This weekend we have two separate closings that will take place on eastbound I-196.

The Gun Lake Tribe will fund 95% of the construction project, according to MDOT.