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Commission approves MDOT M-139 reconstruction agreement; city to fund water/sewer portion
Summary
The commission authorized the city manager to accept an MDOT contract to reconstruct M-139 (I‑94 to Business Loop 94), which will convert Fair Avenue to two-way traffic and require the city to pay an estimated $229,200 for water and sanitary infrastructure replacement.
The Benton Harbor City Commission voted to authorize the city manager to accept an MDOT contract to reconstruct Highway M-139 from I‑94 to Business Loop 94, a project MDOT will largely fund but that includes a city obligation for some water and sanitary sewer work.
Deputy Clerk Bell and staff presented a committee memo describing the scope: MDOT plans to reconfigure M-139 and Fair Avenue to two‑way traffic and to reconstruct Fair Avenue with a single travel lane in each direction…
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