SAGINAW, MI (WNEM) -
Construction season is right around the corner and many projects are slatted to begin on April 1.
On Monday, the Michigan Department of Transportation announced $120.8 million in transportation improvements to the MDOT Bay Region this year.
The improvements include approximately $82.5 million in road and bridge investments and $35.5 million in preventive maintenance projects that will keep a number of roads and bridges in good condition through minor repair work.
An additional $2.8 million will cover trails, pavement markings, and signal projects.
"Improving the freeway system while increasing system reliability and traveler safety and mobility is our goal," said MDOT Bay Region Engineer Robert Ranck, Jr.
The MDOT Bay Region includes 13 counties including Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac, and Tuscola.
Major Bay Region projects planned for 2013 include:
- I-69, Genesee County, milling and resurfacing from M-13 to Elms Road.
- I-69, Genesee County, bridge repairs over Irish Road.
- I-69, Lapeer County, pavement repairs on the eastbound lanes from M-24 to the Lapeer/St. Clair county line.
- I-75, Genesee County, improvements on the southbound I-75 ramp to eastbound I-69.
- I-75, Genesee County, Maple Road bridge repairs over I-75.
- I-75, Genesee County, bridge maintenance over the CSX Railroad and on southbound I-75 over southbound US-23.
- I-75 Genesee County, Baldwin Road bridge repairs over I-75.
- I-75, Saginaw County, road improvements from Janes Road to I-675, including replacing the Janes Road bridge and repairing the Wadsworth Road and CSX Railroad bridges, along with replacing bearings on the Zilwaukee Bridge over the Saginaw River.
- M-13, Bay County, bridge replacement over Johnson Creek.
- M-13/M-84 in Bay City, Bay County, road improvements from Euclid Avenue to the Lafayette Bascule Bridge.
- M-15, Genesee County, bridge maintenance over the Flint River and on the I-75 on ramp over Swartz Creek.
- M-20, Isabella County, boulevard construction from east of Summerton Road to east of Leaton Road.
- M-25, Tuscola County, milling and resurfacing from the Bay/Tuscola county line to Bay Park Road.
- M-25, Tuscola County, bridge replacement over the Quanicassee River.
- M-53 in Bad Axe, Huron County, road improvements from Outer Drive to M-142.
- US-10, Midland County, road and bridge improvements from the Midland/Isabella county line east to M-18, including eight bridges.
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