By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer It has been a long construction season for M-24 in Oxford and Lake Orion. Finally, work is all but finished for this year. Crews might be on the roads touching things up the next few days, but northbound traffic has been restored since Friday, Dec. 4. Northbound traffic no […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer The M-24 construction project will not be finished until early December, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced in a Sept. 25 press release. The project, which began in mid-April had been scheduled to finish in mid-November. “Remaining work includes underground sewer work in Oxford and roadway paving,” the […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Four and a half months in, the M-24 construction project is slipping behind schedule as the Nov. 15 deadline approaches. With the east side of M-24 now paved, crews have begun work on the west side of the highway after southbound traffic was shifted over to the east side […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Do not be alarmed when you see southbound traffic flowing down the left side of M-24, between Burdick St. and Drahner Rd. Southbound traffic has been shifted to the east side of the highway so construction crews can begin work on the west side. MDOT made the switch last […]
M-24 southbound traffic to travel on east side of highway By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer M-24’s northbound lanes between Burdick St. and Drahner Rd. have been repaved. Beginning this Friday, Aug. 21, southbound traffic will be shifted from the west side of the road onto the new pavement on the east side (northbound lanes). […]
The east Burdick St./M-24 intersection closure was extended slightly from Monday, Aug. 10 to a new opening date of Thursday, Aug. 13. “I know this isn’t the news the local residents wanted,” said MDOT Project Engineer, Brian Travis, “but delays to critical operations due to conflicts with underground utilities, access and weather impacts have pushed […]
100-year-old redbrick storm drain found By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer As we reach the end of July, the relentless M-24 project is about halfway done. The project, which officially began in April, reached its apex with the closure of the east Burdick St. intersection in downtown last weekend. Previously it was reported there were […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer A short, two-day closure of the east side of the Burdick St./M-24 intersection in downtown Oxford is planned for this weekend, Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19. During those days, drivers heading east or west on Burdick will not be able to cross M-24 (Washington St.). M-24 southbound […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer If all goes well, construction crews will finish their work on the west side of the Drahner Rd./M-24 intersection, and the intersection will completely re-open to traffic by 3 p.m. tomorrow, July 2. That means west Drahner traffic will no longer have to go all the way around, via […]
By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Just one week after reopening, Country Coney owner Scott Pike learned he would have to temporarily close again. A hand-delivered boil-water advisory from the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office (WRC) notified him his restaurant would be without water Saturday, June 20, while crews hooked up a new water […]