BUTTLES STREET BETWEEN STATE AND HALEY TO CLOSE MONDAY

Beginning Monday, August 9, Buttles Street will be closed from State Street to Haley Street for approximately two weeks for storm and sanitary sewer system improvements. A detailed map showing the construction area and surrounding streets may be accessed through the Updates web page under the “What’s New” heading on the City of Midland website (www.midland-mi.org).

Beginning at the intersection of Buttles and State streets, traffic on the highly traversed roadway will be rerouted to State, Ellsworth and Haley streets, all of which will be converted to one-way streets for the duration of the project.

To accommodate construction, Mill Street will also be closed from Indian to Ellsworth streets, and Haley Street will be closed between Indian and Buttles streets.

Motorists wishing to travel west when leaving The Dow Chemical Company 47 Building should use Main Street. Eastbound departing traffic will be required to use Larkin and Haley streets since northbound State Street will be closed between Larkin and Ellsworth streets to reduce potential traffic congestion at the intersection of Ellsworth and State streets. Motorists headed for the Dow parking lots between Ellsworth and Larkin streets will need to use State Street to access those lots.

With the 2004 construction season well underway, motorists are encouraged to sign up for weekly and last-minute construction updates by subscribing to City Hall News on the City of Midland website at www.midland-mi.org under the “What’s New” heading.

For questions or further information on this project, please contact the City Engineering Department at 989-837-3348.

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