GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — What many consider the gateway to downtown Grand Rapids is a rocky road.
Some motorist try to avoid using portions of Michigan Street all together.
“I try to, yeah. Because usually it’s pretty rough. It has a lot of holes in the road,” said driver Rich Jakubczak, who occasionally uses Michigan Street.
But help is on the way, as long as city commissioners OK a $1.7 million plan to fix a portion of Michigan Street at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting.
“As you can see it’s in really poor condition,” said assistant city engineer Rick DeVries as he walked along part of the bad stretch of the street Friday morning.
The work would involve Michigan Street between Monroe and Ionia avenues. The entire roadway – curb to gutter – would be replaced.
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