Monthly Archives: December 2023

Ganson Street Park.  Photos courtesy People for the Parks and Trails. (December 1, 2023 11:37 AM ET) Five neighborhood parks are looking “merry and bright” this holiday season thanks to a local non- profit organization. People for the Parks and Trails (PPT) worked with the City of Jackson to install lights in Betsy Butterfield Park, Elnora Moorman Plaza, Ganson Street Park, Austin Blair Park and Kiwanis Park. Volunteers installed lights with the permission of the Parks and Recreation Department throughout Nov., with the displays turning on after Thanksgiving Day. PPT collaborated with the Kiwanis Club of Jackson to put up lights at Kiwanis Park. The group held a fundraiser last year to purchase new holiday lights and accessories for the displays. Volunteers also used lights provided by the City. The non-profit is focused on improving Jackson’s parks and trails through volunteering, fundraising and advocacy. 2023 was a busy year for People for the Parks and Trails, with the group completing volunteer projects at nine parks, one pedestrian trail and one cemetery. PPT also donated three new sets of bike racks to the parks system to increase bicycle connectivity in the community. This is the third year People for the Parks…

(December 1, 2023 9:29 AM ET) The contractor of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) I-94 project in Jackson County is currently completing the rebuilding of westbound I-94 between M-60 and Michigan Avenue (Segment 1) and has completed improvements on eastbound and westbound I-94  between Michigan Avenue and the west county line near M-99 (Segment 2). Segment 1 After rebuilding the westbound I-94 outside shoulder and outside and inside lanes, the project went into the current stage for rebuilding the westbound inside shoulder. This work is scheduled to be completed mid-December. The contractor will finish building the median barrier wall and installing pavement marking before opening all lanes to traffic. In this same area, eastbound I-94 will be put back in its seasonal shutdown configuration, with two lanes open. The temporary concrete barrier wall will be relocated to the closed inside shoulder. The outside shoulder and all adjacent ramps and crossroads will remain open for the winter. The contractor will be installing a 96-inch cross culvert west of Parma Road starting in January. This underground work will not affect the traffic patterns in the project area and will be completed before the next construction season starts. Segment 2 The contractor completed the scheduled work for the season…