MDOT to close part of I-696 for two years - WDET 101.9 FM

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MDOT to close part of I-696 for two years - WDET 101.9 FM

The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to begin the final phase of its Restore the Reuther project on March 1, 2025.Crews started working on the Walter P. Reuther Freeway (I-696) in 2019. MDOT spokesperson Diane Cross says they expect to finish rebuilding the entire road in 2027.“We will rebuild that last stretch between roughly M-10 out to I-75,” she says. “And then in 2027, there’s a stretch between 75 and Dequindre that we’re going t…