- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Summertime traffic continues to increase on U.S. 41 in Marquette Township during a major resurfacing project.
Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman, Dan Weingerten, said congested traffic and blocked off lanes will continue for at least the next four months.
“We started in early May and we anticipate the project will be over in late October,” Weingarten said.
Michigan is spending $9.2 million to resurface pavement and shoulders for both lanes of the busiest route in the Upper Peninsula.
“Thirty-three thousand vehicles a day use it,” Weingarten said. “It will provide a smoother driving surface, extend the service life of that area possibly 15 years before we have to go in and do another major project.”
Drivers may see the construction as a setback but at least one business along US-41 said it’s not decreasing the number of customers.
“Business has been really really well,” General manager, Brad Tryan,…
