MDOT public meeting April 4 to discuss 2025 project on M-72, M-22 in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites the public to attend an open house to review draft plans for a 2025 project to rebuild M-72 (Grandview Parkway) and M-22 (Bay Shore Drive) from Division Street in Traverse City to Cherry Bend Road in Elmwood Township. MDOT and consultant ROWE will present draft designs for the project incorporating public comment received at two prior public meeting and gather additional feedback.

Who:
Community stakeholders
City representatives
Local businesses
Interested residents
MDOT staff and consultants

When:
Thursday, April 4, 2024
4 - 6 p.m.

Where:
Elmwood Township Hall
10090 East Lincoln Road
Traverse City, MI 49684

Accessibility:
Attendees who require mobility, visual, hearing, written, or other assistance for effective participation should contact Orlando Curry at 517-241-7462 or [email protected], preferably at least five business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Forms are located on the Title VI webpage. Requests made after this timeframe will be evaluated and honored to the extent possible.

Project information:
MDOT plans to rebuild a 2.2-mile section of M-72 (Grandview Parkway) from Division Street in Traverse City and M-22 (Bay Shore Drive) to Cherry Bend Road in Elmwood Township in 2025. The project includesremoving the concrete and composite (asphalt over concrete) pavements and restoring the surface condition and ride quality to good condition; drainage improvements, including curb and gutter, storm sewer, culverts; replacing sidewalks and nonmotorized paths; improvements for local transit buses; upgrading sidewalk ramps to Americans with Disabilities Act standards; building a roundabout at the M-72 /M-22 intersection that incorporates the Bay Street intersection; Cherry Bend Road traffic signal upgrades; and improving driveway access management where possible.

MDOT has been awarded a $14.4 million USDOT Rural Surface Transportation Grant under the Multimodal Discretionary Grants Program (MPDG) toward the $19 million project. The project is also slated to receive $2 million in grant funding through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) to support nonmotorized aspects of the work.