Traffic on I-94 near Watervliet and Coloma will be affected by a couple of projects starting Monday.
First up, Michigan Department of Transportation spokesperson Nick Schirripa tells us the agency will be repaving the Hennessey Road bridge over the highway.
“For the next few months, starting Monday through the end of August, we’ll have two lanes open of I-94 in each direction most of the time,” Schirripa said. “There might be some nighttime double lane closures, or it’s just on the one lane in each direction at Hennessey Road, but there will also be some intermittent lane closures on Hennessey Road over I-94.”
The bridge project is part of the larger I-94 repaving project now underway between Coloma and Watervliet. That $32 million project will continue through next August, although the Hennessey Road bridge part of it should be finished this August.
Meanwhile, Schirripa tells us American Electric Power will be doing a utility project in the area of Park Road in Berrien County starting Monday. That will involve dragging some power lines across I-94.
“We’ll have some intermittent total closures of I-94 during that time. But we’ll use the state police to assist us, and those closures won’t last more than 10 or 15 minutes at a time.”
Schirripa says traffic will simply be stopped while AEP crews do their thing. All of those total closures will only happen during the overnight hours and the utility work will be for one week only.
Drivers are reminded to be extra cautious and watch out for any crews in the road.
