Grand Valley Metropolitan Council March 3, 2016 Erick Kind Region Engineer MDOT-Grand Region

Grand Region Boundary o October 1, 2015 o 13 Counties o o 1.5 Million People o 4300 lane miles

US-131 Southbound Weave/Merge Lane, Pavement & Bridge Repairs Project Summary  Project will address road and bridge conditions, along congestion with CMAQ funding  US-131 Concrete Pavement Repairs  Pearl Street to Ann Street (Southbound)  M-11 (28 th Street) to Wealthy Street (North and Southbound)  Bridge Widening and Rehabilitation  US-131 over Richmond Street and Indian Mill Creek (Southbound)  Construct Southbound Weave/Merge Lane  Connect Ann Street On-Ramp to Leonard Street Off-Ramp

US-131 Southbound Weave/Merge Lane, Pavement & Bridge Repairs  Construction Cost: $7.8 Million  Schedule: * Off line foundation work underway  Project Description:  Concrete Pavement Repairs  Pearl to Ann Street (Southbound)  Bridge Widening  US-131 over Richmond and Indian Mill Creek.  Weave/Merge Lane  To Connect Ann to Leonard  Traffic Volume:  53,000 South of Leonard (SB)  8% Commercial  48,000 Between Leonard/Ann (SB) LettingStartCompletion December 2015February 2016*October 2016

Local Agency Project Coordination

US-131 Traffic Control Plan (TCP)  Maximize Work Zone Safety & Minimize Mobility Impacts  Richmond Street Eastbound Directional Detour; Westbound maintained  Maintain Two Lanes On US-131 Southbound – most weekdays  Maintain One Lane On US-131 Southbound US-131 Southbound Traffic During Designated Night and Weekend Closures  US-131 NB & SB: M-11 to Wealthy Street Night and Weekend lane closures  PCMS and DMS Message boards will be utilized  Lane Closure Updates, (List Serve, LCAR), Project Website 

Project Traffic Control Summary All lanes on US-131 will be open until April 23 SB US-131 single lane closure beginning April 23 extending through September SB US-131 double lane closure on weeknight and weekends Richmond Street will be open to both directions of traffic until mid-March Richmond Street will be opened for SB-WB traffic. EB-NB traffic will be detoured starting mid-March

Ramp Closure Schedules The following ramps will be closed during different stages of the project TBD:  Turner Avenue (just north of Ann Street) ramp to southbound US-131  Southbound US-131 ramp to Leonard Street  Eastbound I-196 ramp to southbound US-131  Southbound US-131 ramp to Pearl Street

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