Work begins on Ypsilanti roundabout

Another roundabout is coming to Washtenaw County, this time to Ypsilanti.

The Washtenaw County Road Commission is getting ready to begin construction (April 12) on a roundabout at the intersection of Whitaker and Stoney Creek roads. The $1.5 million project is set to wrap up by the end of July, helping ease traffic flow at what isn't supposed to be an intersection.

"It's a little bit of an odd configuration," says Sheryl Soderholm Siddall, assistant director of engineering at the Washtenaw County Road Commission. "This is an opportunity to correct it and improve the aesthetics."

Complicating matters for years is that intersection was on a curve, limiting visibility in some places. This project will not only help straighten it out a little, but calm down traffic at the intersection just south of I-94.

The traffic circle will be similar to the ones at the Maple Road exit for M-14 on the north side of Ann Arbor. It will be friendly to both pedestrians and bicyclists with trails along the intersection. It will also feature landscaping.

Source: Sheryl Soderholm Siddall, assistant director of engineering at the Washtenaw County Road Commission
Writer: Jon Zemke

Work begins on Ypsilanti roundabout

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