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Council approves $1.8M MDOT signal modernization project, State Street lane reduction and bike lanes
Summary
Pontiac will modernize seven intersections and convert a stretch of State Street from four lanes to three, installing bike lanes, upgraded signals and ADA ramps; the city’s share of construction is about $198,000 under a 90/10 MDOT cost split.
Pontiac’s City Council unanimously approved resolutions Jan. 7 to enter into a Michigan Department of Transportation construction agreement for traffic signal modernization and to contract Hubbell, Roth & Clark (HRC) for construction engineering and administration.
Lede detail: The project includes upgrades at seven intersections — Montcalm Avenue at Lakeside and Saginaw, MLK Boulevard at Victory and Balboa, Baldwin at Woodlake Lane, and multiple locations on State Street — plus removal of an unsafe pedestrian bridge and installation of ADA ramps, high‑visibility crosswalk markings, new mast‑arm signals and pedestrian countdown devices. On State Street the project converts a three‑block stretch from four travel lanes to…
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