Expect delays: Traffic changes around Ann Arbor

Please be advised of upcoming road work projects that are expected to cause traffic disruptions around Ann Arbor.

Plan ahead and expect delays and alert patients if they will be traveling in the area.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Beginning today, Oct. 18, the following changes are scheduled to be made to facilitate the DDA’s Division Street Bikeway project:
  • The easternmost lane of Division Street from Huron to Catherine will be closed and Division Street will be reduced to one lane of northbound traffic. During this time, access to all businesses and residences will be maintained on both the east and west side of the road. There will be no street parking on the east side of Division in this area during construction. This work is expected to be completed by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10 and the road reopened to vehicle traffic.
• Beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20:
  • The intersections of Division/Catherine and Division/Ann will be closed to thru traffic. The following detours will be in place: Vehicles traveling westbound on Catherine Street will be detoured north on State St, west on Kingsley Street and south on Fifth Avenue back to Catherine Street. Local traffic will be able to enter and exit Catherine Street via the Division intersection (except as noted in italics below):
    • At certain times during the construction, local traffic on Catherine Street between Division and Fifth Avenue will enter this block from Fifth Avenue during the construction workday (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Two-way traffic on this block will be maintained with flaggers. The project team will notify local residents and businesses directly in advance of this two-way traffic pattern.
  • Vehicles traveling eastbound on Ann Street will be detoured south on Fifth Avenue, east on Huron Street and north on Thayer Street back to Ann Street. Local traffic only will be able to enter and exit Ann Street via the Division intersection.
  • Local traffic will be maintained in all areas, and local businesses will remain open and accessible. This work is expected to be completed by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 and the roads reopened to vehicle traffic. In all areas, pedestrian through-traffic will be maintained on one side of the street at all times.
• Corby Energy is expected to be closing Hill Street and restricting lanes of traffic on Washtenaw beginning at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, to facilitate DTE gas main work near the intersection of Hill Street and Washtenaw Avenue.
  • Vehicles traveling eastbound on Hill Street will be detoured southeast on Washtenaw Avenue north on Oxford Road back to eastbound Hill Street.
  • Vehicles traveling westbound on Hill Street will be detoured south on Oxford Road, northwest on Washtenaw Avenue back to westbound Hill Street.
  • During this time, access to all businesses and residences will be maintained on both the north and south side of the road.
  • Washtenaw Avenue between Oxford Road and Hill Street will be reduced to one vehicle travel lane in each direction.
  • Local traffic will be maintained in all areas, and local businesses will remain open and accessible. In all areas, pedestrian through-traffic will be maintained on one side of the street at all times.