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Article: Reconstructing 28th Street.
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- Michigan Contractor and Builder
- Article date:
- July 21, 2008
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By Aram Kalousdian, Editor
Many unforeseen utilities were abandoned
An approximately half-mile section of 28th Street between Division Street and US-131 in Grand Rapids and Wyoming is being reconstructed with full-depth concrete. Work on the five-lane road includes storm drainage improvements and signal upgrades. The project began in April and it will be completed in August. The cost of the project is approximately $2.8 million. Florence Cement Company, Inc. of Shelby Township is the prime contractor.
There are multiple stages to the project. The first stage included the temporary widening along the north side of the project. "Then we switched ...