Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup
of Traverse City for the 04/10/2026.
I'm Mike,
and it's Friday.
So
today, I wanna talk more about road construction,
on top of what I talked about yesterday
at 3 Mile Road, which, by the way,
as of the recording of this, the road
is still open, but,
we'll see how how long that, is today
or whether they actually close the road today.
I don't know.
But,
the other big one in the area is
The US 31
rebuilding
that has
supposedly
started. I haven't been out that way,
but,
let's see. So that's where they're gonna put
a roundabout in Interlochen
right there, at North Or South Long Lake
Road, J Matty Parkway in US 31,
otherwise known as Interlocking Corners. No. It's gonna
be not Interlocking Corners because it's gonna be
round.
I don't know.
I I like roundabouts to a point,
but I wish people would learn a little
more about them
and, how you're supposed to act, but that's
a whole another soapbox I'll get into, some
other time.
So, basically,
what they're doing
is they are rebuilding the road
from Sullivan Road to just west
of
oh, well, actually, it says from Sullivan Road
in Green Lake Township all the way to
Reynolds Road in Inland Township, Benzie County. Okay.
So a little further west than I remember.
It's supposed to begin April 13, which,
is, I guess, next Monday.
I guess it wouldn't be closing the road
today.
I keep thinking it's Monday. Why would I
think Friday's Monday? Anyway,
also, on Monday, they're starting that.
So
that'll be interesting.
But, basically, the upshot is that,
from
this coming Monday all the way till November
13,
there's going to be some
disruption in that area.
The North Side of US 31 will be
rebuilt between Sullivan Road and West of Jay
Matty Parkway
south on Lake Road intersection, including building a
roundabout.
The southbound
US 31 traffic will be maintained, which means,
you know, because really that's kind of an
East West road at that point, but
officially heading towards Benzie County from Grand Traverse
County is south, even though it's
not. It's west,
but direction of the highway, I guess.
So that will be maintained
from April through June,
and
the northbound traffic heading towards Traverse City will
be
detoured on Gonder Road, Riley Road,
and
J Matty Parkway,
Euka Road, and County Road 633.
So, basically,
you'll turn right before you get to Interlochen.
You'll go into Interlochen
from
from,
that way on,
Riley Road, I guess.
And then have to go down to Euchre
Road and then across, and you'll come out
in Grand back on,
31.
So that's quite the
the the,
quite the detour.
You know, last year they had that closed
for a little while while they were doing
some stuff and, yeah, what a major pain
in the behind
but just, you know, be be aware of
that if you're going west or east,
you know, either coming in or going out
of Traverse City to the west.
The,
you know, that's gonna be a a total
pain. And then let's see. June and July,
the South side of US 31 will be
rebuilt between Sullivan Road and West of J
Matty Parkway.
So
they're, you know, gonna be
working on one, you know, on the north
side, then they're gonna be working on the
south side
and including that roundabout.
So southbound
traffic will still be maintained on 31, while
northbound traffic will be detoured the same way.
Yeah. That is not fun.
The the parkway or the Jay Matty Parkway,
which,
used to be
M 137,
you know, that's Interlochen,
Carlin Road,
going that way, will be closed for most
of that or at least access to it
off 31 will be closed for most of
that,
time between,
June and July.
And then July through November, rebuilding a 31
west of South Lawn Lake Road,
down to Reynolds Road.
Southbound
31 traffic will be maintained
on 31,
while northbound traffic will be detoured
on Reynolds Road, Cinder Road, Diamond Park Road,
Gonder Road, Riley Road, and J. Matty Parkway.
That's even longer.
Remember last summer, we, you know, we camped
over that way. And, last summer, they were
redoing
the south side of Reynolds Road
to accommodate
the extra traffic. So
that's crazy.
Let's see. It's gonna
directly and indirectly support 275
jobs.
And
once it's all done, the
safety at interlocking corners,
the roundabout will be
better. And and, you know, they've done that
in other places,
on 131
in Fife Lake. That
there was always fatal acts accidents
there, you know, just
more frequently than it needed to be.
And they
really helped that out by putting that
roundabout there.
So I I totally
get why
they wanna do this kind of stuff.
You know, we
we around here get tired of the roundabouts,
but,
you know, because everybody wants the you know,
they they're putting roundabouts everywhere.
Well, you know, once people learn how to
to to work them, and it's gonna be
unavoidable, you're gonna have to because, you know,
getting around Traverse City, I can't leave my
house
and go
I I guess I can get into town
without hitting a roundabout,
And if I don't go too far south,
I can do it without a roundabout. But
if I wanna go up to Chum's Corners,
I got two roundabouts.
If I wanna go
to, Garfield from here, I got I got
one at least.
When we go up to Leelanau, I got
that other one.
You know, they're they're
they're a thing, and, they definitely
do help,
with safety. Now frustration levels can get a
little higher,
at some roundabout. It depends on who you're
following. I was following some lady.
Who was it? Wednesday.
Had to go out for an appointment in
Chumps Corners area,
and
she would stop at every
intersection
in the roundabout. Not not just getting onto
the roundabout, but she would stop.
And it was that one on, Keystone Road
at,
what is that?
Cass Road,
where the dam used to be.
And,
you know, of course, there's three roads, you
know, to go straight. You you hit, you
know, the the bypass part. You hit the
hit that one. You know? And she just
would stop before she would yeah. Just it
was it was frustrating.
And, of course, I was running right on
time, not not late, but right on time
for my appointment. So,
yeah, grumble, grumble, grouch, grouch.
Anyway, I've got links to a couple of
stories,
there in the show notes over at
cupoftraversecity.com.
And let's see. Today, a 20% chance of
rain before 9AM.
Mostly cloudy with a high near 45.
Light and variable
wind becoming north,
five to 10 miles per hour in the
afternoon.
Tonight, mostly clear with a low around 29.
North wind around five miles per hour becoming
calm this evening.
Tomorrow, sunny near
54 degrees.
Southwest wind around five miles per hour.
And I hope you, have a safe and
happy weekend. Let's see. Let's see what the
weekend weather looks like. I guess they should
do that. Saturday showers mainly after 2AM,
low around 40, light variable winds.
And,
we have 90% chance of some rain.
Saturday night showers possibly a thunderstorm.
I mean, near 63.
At least the temperatures are getting in the
right place.
Sunday
night showers mainly before 2AM.
So and Monday, 30% chance of showers.
Yeah. Well, you know, April showers, they say.
Everybody have a good weekend.