WEDT BRANCH – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) plans to resume work on its $14.3 million project to rebuild 1.4 miles of M-55/I-75 Business Loop (BL) from west of M-30 to east of Fairview Street in the city of West Branch.
According to an MDOT statement, the project includes reconfiguring the four- and five-lane sections of the roadway to three lanes, installing new curbs, gutter, and sidewalk ramps, installing new watermain and storm sewer lines, building a new shared-use path, and installing new signs and traffic signals.
Construction is expected to resume the first week of April. The project began in August 2023 with work on M-55 between Margaret Street and M-30, as well as detour route paving and underground utility replacement, before pausing for the winter.
More information is available on the M-55 Improvements Project website.
