July 6, 2025

M-72 Closure Coming Soon

Work starts Feb. 3
Jan. 25, 2025

One of Traverse City’s major highways, M-72, is planned to be shut down for four weeks near Tom’s West Bay to allow utility companies to bury their lines/utilities underground. The work was originally planned to start Jan. 13, though permit applications were not submitted until Dec. 20, causing the start date to be pushed back. The project is now slated to begin on Feb. 3. The closure will require significant detours—details on the closures and reroutes can be found at michigan.gov/mdot/news-outreach/pressreleases/2024/12/26/m-72-closure-and-detour-required-for-utility-relocation-west-of-traverse-city. This project is being done in preparation for the next phase of the Grandview Parkway reconstruction, a 2.2-mile rebuild of M-72 from Division Street in Traverse City and M-22 to Cherry Bend Road in Elmwood Township, including a new roundabout at M-72/M-22.

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