Monthly Archives: June 2022

Sign marking the new Jackson Technology Park North on County Farm Road in Blackman Charter Township.  Photo by The Enterprise Group. (June 9, 2022 11:24 AM) The Enterprise Group of Jackson, Jackson County, Blackman Charter Township, and the Blackman Local Development Finance Authority today announced the Official Groundbreaking Ceremony of the new Jackson Technology Park North will occur on Wednesday, June 15 at 3:30 PM. The Jackson Technology Park North (JTPN) is the newest expansion of the Township’s Jackson Technology Park industrial/technology park created by the Local Development Finance Authority (BLDFA).  The BLDFA was created in 1991 with the purpose of funding infrastructure needs of industrial development to attract TAC Manufacturing.  Since its creation, additional companies have joined the industrial park, including Technique, BASF/Chemetall, JSP, and JSP Sheet Foam LLC. Last April, Jackson County was awarded a $6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant for infrastructure improvements at JTPN.   The grant is being used to complete road, sidewalk, water, and sewer infrastructure improvements at the Park. The improvements will create shovel-ready sites for industrial development. The project is receiving matching funds of $1.5 million from Blackman Charter Township. 140 acres is available for development of new manufacturing facilities. Tim Rogers,…

Workers prepare the roadbed for concrete pouring on the new I-94 bridge over 127/West Ave.  MDOT photo. (June 9, 2022 10:52 AM) The Michigan Department of Transportation has released this update on the I-94 Design-Build Project: The contractor continues to make progress along eastbound I-94 as well as the interchanges at US-127/West Avenue and Elm Road. Grading and concrete paving are progressing along eastbound I-94 between Airport Road and M-106 (Cooper Street). Once that paving is completed in early July, eastbound I-94 traffic will be shifted onto the new eastbound lanes and work will resume in the median of I-94. The eastbound I-94 ramp to US-127/West Avenue is currently closed while the contractor finishes building the new exit ramp. This ramp closure will remain in place until late June. The finishing touches are being made to the Lansing Avenue bridge over I-94 and eastbound I-94 bridge over US-127/West Avenue. Work will continue on the west half of the new diverging diamond interchange at I-94/US-127/West Avenue. In early July, we expect southbound US-127/West Avenue traffic to be shifted to the west half of the US-127/West Avenue roadway, which will allow the contractor to build the “median” of the new diverging diamond…