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Michigan Deprtment of Transportation Director Paul Ajegba is in town today. He is in the area for the Portage Lake Lift Bridge’s dedication ceremony tomorrow and to check on the status of the College Avenue project. He and other local MDOT officials toured the construction project, starting off near where last year’s work finished close to Michigan Tech’s campus.
The state is spending 3.5 billion dollars on road work this year. And many projects throughout the state will help upgrade Michigan’s infrastructure and improve roadways. Director Ajegba says that is the most amount of money the state has spent in it’s history on infrastructure. MDOT continues chipping away at the large number of projects that will make Michigan’s roads more enjoyable to cruise.
College Avenue is expected to finish both on time and on budget; which is good news, considering the amount of trouble construction crews and developers have had regarding the supply chain and getting materials. The college avenue project will reconstruct the entire road adding a middle turn lane for safer travel. The project is in phase two of the two year project. Crews should finish up work later this summer.
