Multiple communities in Berrien County can expect paving work to begin early next week.
Berrien County Road Department’s Adri Boone tells us that contractors will be preparing for scratch and seal work, which is scheduled for this summer.
“What people might see as soon as next week is the preparation work,” Boone says. “So there’s some minor milling to the existing services and any of the approaches, so intersection approaches or driveway approaches within the roads that are being improved this year. That preparation will then allow starting the week of the 21st for those paving crews to come in.”
Once the road pavement has been milled, the contractor will arrange for paving operations. Boone mentions that while locations will not be completed all at once, commuters should anticipate single-lane closures during the work.
“It will be up to the contractor,” Boone says. “We don’t necessarily have that order yet, but we did want to just let people know expect seeing some actions or possible delays in travel in the near future.”
During the sealcoating process, drivers may encounter total lane closures and traffic restrictions. Additional information will be provided by the BCRD as they reach specific areas.
Here’s the list of scheduled roads to be worked on:
• Spring Road (Baroda Township) from Singer Lake Road to end
• Milton Street (Benton Township) from Napier Avenue to Emery Avenue
• Empire Avenue (Benton Township) from Crystal Avenue to Yore Avenue
• Van Road (Coloma Township) from Becht Road to Coloma N. Road
• Boyer Road (Coloma Township) from Red Arrow Highway to Coloma Road
• Date Road (Lake Township) from Linco Road to Hinchman Road
• Ott Road (Lake Township) from Baldwin Road to California Road
• Jericho Road (Lake Township) from Shawnee Road to Snow Road
• Holden Road (Lincoln Township) from Linco Road to Rockey Weed Road
• Rockey Weed Road (Royalton Township) from Edison Road to M-139
