LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Road travel will be a little less congested for those visiting friends and family or heading to their place “up north” for the holiday weekend. Starting on Wednesday afternoon, traffic restrictions will be removed on roughly 60 percent of Michigan road and bridge projects to ease traffic delays.
Restrictions on 105 out of 174 road projects will be lifted starting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 through Monday, July 8 at 6 a.m. However, drivers should still watch out for equipment and certain traffic configurations that will remain in place, like temporary shifts or shoulder closures.
Even with these restrictions lifted, the roads are still expected to be crowded anyway. AAA estimates more than 2.6 million Michigan residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. This sets a Fourth of July travel record for the second year in a row.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) oversees I, M, and US routes and is responsible for nearly 10,000 miles of state highways, which carry more than 50 percent of all traffic and approximately 70 percent of commercial traffic in Michigan.
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