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The Mackinac Bridge Authority Board and Finance Committee met Friday, approving the installation of a high frequency radar to help monitor water surface currents. The MBA’s Kim Nowack thanked Guy Meadows of Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center for the proposal. She says that it will be particularly useful if the worst happens and there is an environmental emergency.
Nowack was also excited about wrapping up painting on the bridge’s towers. The work has spanned several decades.
Nowack expects another busy summer tourism season. Traffic is down from the beginning of the fiscal year in October compared to the same time period in 2019 and 2020, but that deficit should be erased in the months ahead. Last year, the economic shutdowns proved to be too much of a hole even when travel picked up.
A link to the full meeting is available at the MBA’s website.
