Wyandotte Road Construction Projects Begin Today

Get prepared for orange barrels and barricades as two road construction projects begin Monday in Wyandotte.

will be reconstructed. The project is slated to be finished in early July, barring any unforeseen delays or inclement weather.

The majority of Biddle will be closed during the work; however, one lane of traffic will remain open at all times in either direction.

Oak Street will be closed to traffic at the west railroad track crossing as Conrail repairs the street and railroad grade crossing. The works is expected to be completed on Friday.

While the Oak Street project isn't expected to cause any widespread disruption, city officials are trying to come up with a game plan due to the work on Biddle, which is being overseen by Wayne County as Biddle is a county road.

That project could interfere with the city’s fireworks display along the Detroit River, which is set for June 24, and with the , which is July 13-16 and stretches four blocks along the section of Biddle that will be partially closed.

Heather Thiede, the city’s special event coordinator, said the county has not promised that the work will be done before the summer events.

With the way the project is supposed to be completed–with one side of Biddle resurfaced and then the other–the hope is that if the project is not entirely finished by the art fair, at least one side of Biddle will be open, Thiede said.

“We’ll just try and work it out the best we can,” she said. “It could be really problematic with the booth spaces in the middle of Biddle.”

Natalie Rankine, director of the city’s Downtown Development Authority, said she’s hopeful the entire project will be completed by the art fair, or in the very least, the four blocks that encompass the fair.

“It’s a bit of a concern, but we’re hoping Eureka to Oak is done and then we can deal with the other areas,” she said.

County officials did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment for this story.