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The Michigan Department of Transportation already announced an unprecedented summer construction budget for the Upper Peninsula of over $120 million. Work has begun on Townsend Drive and near Three Lakes in Baraga County. Three culvert replacements will be ongoing by the end of the month between Dollar Bay and Chassell.
Engineer Kevin Harju says to expect more of the same at the county level. He says this summer will be the Road Commission’s busiest schedule since the Father’s Day Flood of 2018. Much of the work is to finish repair damage that still scars the area. Harju warns that those trying to detour around state work will most likely find a county project delaying traffic on their alternate route.
Harju says that flood repairs will total $45 million when everything is completed. The Cities of Houghton and Hancock have both signed off on local road projects in the past week that are significantly larger than what has been done in recent years.
