GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) –- Long-awaited repairs to M-6 starting this weekend may mean temporary changes to how ambulances to nearby Metro Health, Spectrum Health and Mercy Health facilities handle medical emergencies.
Beginning Saturday around 7:30 a.m., all eastbound lanes of M-6 between I-196 and Wilson Avenue in Kent and Ottawa counties will close for a total rebuild.
Metro Health Hospital as well as urgent cares operated by Spectrum Health and Mercy Health have locations near the construction zone, which means ambulances and medical workers be ready to navigate detours.
“We get a heads up on these types of closures fairly early on in the process and then we make our crews aware of the road closures and then really rely on them to use their expertise of the area to route around the closures,” said Patrick Lickiss with AMR Ambulance.
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