Road Work Advisories

MDOT will have 3 projects starting up soon in Shiawassee County and the current one on M-21 at Durand Road.

An update for the work at Durand Road and the culvert replacement. The contractor is still working on the sheeting for the new culvert. They have had some issues with items buried in the area and its taking longer to get the sheeting in than originally anticipated. We are looking at the end of October, weather permitting to have this opened back up, if we don’t have other items come up.

FOR THE NEW PROJECTS:

Starting the week of September 19^th we will be working on M-21 between Delaney and Chestnut. This will require traffic to be controlled by a flagging operation while they are working so just one direction at a time will be going through. This work is a mill and resurface and should be finished by the end of the month or early October if everything goes well.

Also starting the week of the 19^th will be a section on M-71 between Washington and Gould Street. Similar type of work that we are doing on M-21 mill and resurface. This section will have more sidewalk ramps that will be worked on to meet ADA requirements. Most of this section is a 4 lane section so we should only have a single lane closure in each direction possibly shifting traffic over if additional room is needed. This work will finish up near the middle to end of October. With all the driveways and side streets in this area we may need to block them off temporarily as we mill or pave through an area.

The last project will be on M-21 from Gould to State. Similar to the other projects mill and resurface. This project will start near the end of September and should be completed by the end of October. Traffic control will be similar to M-71 but at times we will need to also take the center left turn lane leaving traffic to only use the outside lanes. With all the driveways and side streets in this area we may need to block them off temporarily as we mill or pave through an area.

You can always check MiDrive site for information about the lane closures. We have included a link below for M-21 near Delaney the other locations will be added shortly.

https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/MiDrive/map#

This project is MDOT, not Shiawassee County Road Commission. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to:
MDOT- Davison TSC (810) 653-7470

Hibbard Road between M-71 and Kerby Road

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 7:30am-3:30pm (replace culvert)

Austin Road bridge between Simpson Road and Krouse Road

Closed indefinitely beginning Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

Detour Route: Simpson Road to Baldwin Road to Krouse Road.

Herbicide Spraying

WHAT: Roadside herbicide spraying

ISSUE DATE: April 15, 2022

WHEN: Beginning May 2, 2022-October 31, 2022

WHERE: Antrim, Bennington, Burns, Caledonia Charter, Fairfield, Hazelton, Middlebury, New Haven, Owosso Charter, Perry, Rush, Sciota, Shiawassee, Venice, Vernon, and Woodhull Townships in Shiawassee County

BACKGROUND: The Shiawassee County Road Commission (SCRC) will begin its roadside herbicide spraying program in Antrim, Bennington, Burns, Caledonia Charter, Fairfield, Hazelton, Middlebury, New Haven, Owosso Charter, Perry, Rush, Sciota, Shiawassee, Venice, Vernon, and Woodhull Townships. (Townships will not be sprayed in this order).

Specifically trained, licensed and experienced professionals will selectively apply the herbicides to specific vegetation that could create a driving hazard along the roadside within the road right-of-way. The herbicides will be applied with a tractor mounted spray unit.

The operation is not a continuous broadcast spray – only roadside areas with existing brush and limbs near the roadway will be sprayed. This spot spraying along local (non-subdivision roads) and primary roads is done on a rotating basis in the county throughout the spring, summer and fall.

Property owners who would rather not have brush sprayed along the roadside of their property must clear brush and limbs along the roadside at a minimum fourteen feet up and fourteen feet away from the edge of the road immediately. For more details about opting out of the herbicide spraying program and information about the SCRC’s roadside brush control program, see here.

CONTACT: If you have any questions concerning this work, please contact

Troy Howes, Superintendent of Operations
Shiawassee County Road Commission, 989-743-2228

M-21 & M-71 Road Projects

Road Work Advisories

Hibbard Road between M-71 and Kerby Road

Austin Road bridge between Simpson Road and Krouse Road

Herbicide Spraying

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