Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Part of Suffolk Street in downtown Ironwood is designated as U.S. Business Route 2 by a green sign high above the cars parked there Tuesday afternoon. Business 2 runs from Cloverland Drive, south along Douglas Boulevard to Suffolk and then turns west on Aurora Street and continues into Hurley.
IRONWOOD - Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the city commission Monday at least two road projects are on the horizon.
Van Buskirk Road will be seal-coated. The project is expected to begin in four or five weeks, he said.
The Michigan Department of Transportation plans a summer project to mill and overlay (resurface) U.S. Business Route 2 throughout the city, extending from Cloverland Drive, through downtown and all the way to Hurley, Erickson said.
The commission also learned the new viewing deck on Mt. Zion, near Gogebic Community College, has been constructed, offering a panoramic view of the city that has been receiving rave reviews.
The gate to the access road that leads up the hill to the viewing deck was closed on Tuesday afternoon.
Erickson also reported six more eyesore structures will soon be demolished as the Hardest Hit blight grant program in the city continues for another round of funding. The effort will eventually level another 20 eyesores.
The city manager also said grant applications have been sent in to the Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund for the playground north of U.S. 2 near Zion Lutheran Church and a Beltline loop to the Iron Belle Trail.
The application for $2 million in funding for the well-field booster station project has also been sent in, he said.
Erickson also reported the public safety department has received a new squad car.
