Road and Lane Closures

Corby Energy Services, on behalf of DTE, will be performing daily lane closures on Pontiac Trail to install 2- to 5-foot conduits to a future cable pole.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, vehicles traveling northbound on Moore Street will be flagged and guided safely around the work site as well as vehicles traveling southbound on Pontiac Trail. Traffic measures will be removed every day after working hours to allow a normal flow of traffic and placed back every morning starting at 9 a.m. for the duration of work.

Sidewalk traffic will not be affected.

The Annex Group will be closing Commerce Boulevard for utility installation work for residential construction.

Beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, vehicles traveling on South Maple Road will be detoured south on South Maple Road, east on Pauline Boulevard, and north on West Stadium Boulevard. Vehicles traveling on West Stadium Boulevard will be detoured south on West Stadium Boulevard, west on Pauline Boulevard, and north on South Maple Road.

Sidewalk traffic on the north side of Commerce Boulevard will be detoured to the south side.

Connelly Crane Rental, on behalf of Brinkmann Construction, will be closing South Forest Avenue for a crane removal.

Beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, southbound vehicles traveling on South Forest Avenue will be detoured west on Willard Street, south on Church Street, and east on Hill Street. Northbound vehicles traveling on South Forest Avenue will be detoured east on Hill Street, north on Washtenaw Avenue, west on South University Avenue, and back to South Forest Avenue.

Sidewalk traffic on the east side of South Forest Avenue will be detoured to the west side.

The contractor, C.A. Hull, will be replacing the deck, relocating utilities and many other improvements to the substructure to rehabilitate and widen the bridge on the east side of the bridge.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, depending on weather, the two vehicle lanes currently open will be shifted from the west to the east side of East Medical Center Drive bridge, from West Medical Center Drive to Fuller Road/Maiden Lane. Southbound East Medical Center Drive traffic will be switched on Saturday and northbound traffic will be switched Tuesday to allow crews to adjust barrier walls. One vehicle lane in each direction on the bridge will remain open throughout project duration; one vehicle lane in each direction on the bridge will always remain open throughout the project duration.

The following restrictions remain from Phase 2:

• No northbound East Medical Center Drive left turn will be allowed onto westbound Fuller Road.
• No southbound Maiden Lane left turns will be allowed onto eastbound Fuller Road.
  

The sidewalk on the east side of the road will be closed and pedestrians will be detoured to the west sidewalk on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

Delays in the area are anticipated and seeking an alternative route is, therefore, recommended.

The following detours will remain in place:

Fuller Road
No northbound East Medical Center Drive left turn will be allowed onto westbound Fuller Road.

Detour: Turn right along eastbound Fuller Road, then use the two Fuller Road left-turn lanes across from Fuller Park Pool.

Maiden Lane
No southbound Maiden Lane left turns will be allowed onto eastbound Fuller Road.

Detour: North on Maiden Lane, east on Plymouth Road, south on Murfin Avenue and south on Bonisteel back to Fuller Road.

A separate notification will be issued for a new traffic pattern during the next phase of the project. 

The private development at 711 Church St. will require a lane closure of the northbound traffic lane of Church Street to construct their new apartment building. Construction will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, to Thursday, April 1, 2027. 

Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, northbound Church Street traffic will be detoured west onto Hill Street, north onto East University Avenue, ease onto Willard Street, and then north back to Church Street. 

Pedestrian traffic will be maintained on the west side of Church Street.

*Delayed start date: Beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, northwest bound Packard Street traffic will be shifted to the center turn lane from Crestland Drive to Brockman Boulevard to facilitate curb restoration work. Bicycle traffic will share the shifted lane with vehicular traffic.

Pedestrian traffic will continue to be detoured to the southwest side of Packard Street from Eastover Place to the protected crosswalk north of Colar Road.

Access to driveways within the lane shift will be maintained.

The AC Hotel private development at 310 E. Huron St. will require a long-term lane closure of the easternmost southbound traffic lane of South Fifth Avenue to construct the hotel building. Construction will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, to Friday, Oct. 31.

From Monday, Jan. 13, until Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, South Fifth Avenue between East Huron Street and East Washington Street will be reduced to one lane to make space for continued hotel construction. ​