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Officials schedule meeting for businesses on bridge restrictions and overweight truck plan
Summary
A township official updated the board on plans to manage overweight truck traffic during an upcoming multi-week bridge construction period and invited businesses to a meeting to coordinate deliveries and routing.
A township official announced plans to meet with Macomb Street and Grosse Ile businesses to explain procedures for moving overweight trucks during an extended bridge construction period.
The official said the county construction window has been extended from four weeks to eight weeks and described a logistics plan to move essential deliveries while limiting disruption. He said engineers determined a workable temporary weight limit and that a separate, managed process would accommodate overweight trucks with some inconvenience. "We're gonna show you how we're gonna do it, our time schedule, and we'll go from there," he said, encouraging business owners to consult with their vendors about delivery weights and schedules.
The official said he expected to hold a meeting at 7 a.m. on Feb. 5 to present the plan to business owners and to hold a separate session for residents. He acknowledged the process could cause headaches but said town operations such as fuel, grocery and construction deliveries would be maintained through coordination. No formal action was taken by the DDA; the announcement was provided as an operational update for business outreach.
