The East Grand River Road project is underway! If you've traveled the road between Pleasant Valley and US-23, you've noticed that there are a lot of trees that have been removed on the north side of Grand River.
This first phase is to help expedite the identification, relocation and consolidation of utility lines. That part of the project is pretty well wrapped up by now, with work on the next phase to resume in March when the weather moderates.
Grand River will get significant modernization under this project. Resurfacing from the Brighton City limits to US-23, widening to five lanes between US-23 to just east of Academy Drive, widening from two to four lanes from that point east to Richards Drive, and widening to three lanes from Richard Dr to Pleasant Valley Rd.
This stretch of road is now seeing 17,000 vehicles a day with an expected increase of 50% over the next 20 years, according to the Livingston County Road Commission. Smoother rides, less congestion, better safety with a left turn lane, and higher capacity in the future are all part of the plan.
Brighton Township and Green Oak Township collaborated on a plan for this area, which was adopted by both Township Boards of Trustees in January 2006. It was used for the design planning stage by the Livingston County Road Commission (LCRC), and also included ordinance revisions, development guidelines, identification of pathway locations along this corridor.
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