Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
AT A MONDAY meeting of the Bessemer city council, mayor Adam Zak, center, confers with mayor pro tempore Allen Archie, right. Council member Linda Nelson is at left.
By P.J. GLISSON
BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted Monday for a three-lane option on U.S. 2, with modifications for greater width on each end of town to ease movement of industrial vehicles on Massie and Tamarack Avenues.
Massie Avenue allows traffic to and from the city's industrial park, and Tamarack Avenue lies next to Steiger's Home Center.
Michigan Department of Transportation officials have been awaiting the lane decision so they can proceed with formal plans for the reconfiguration.
The unanimous vote came after mayor Adam Zak explained that city atto...
