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Walma Avenue in Kentwood closed for sanitary sewer installation

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By WKTV Staff
joanne@wktv.org

Courtesy image from City of Kentwood

Walma Avenue SE will be closed 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday between Breton Avenue SE and 44th Street SE for sanitary sewer installation.

All local traffic will have access during the one-day full road closure, but through-traffic drivers will need to seek an alternate route or follow the posted detour from Breton to 44th Street back to Walma.

Single-lane closures and temporary traffic lights are expected next week through the work zone for paving operations. 

For more information or questions, please contact Kentwood Senior Engineering Technician Jim Beke at BekeJ@kentwood.us or 616.554.0737

44th Street bridge over U.S. 131 closed for maintenance

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The 44th Street bridge over U.S. 131 is temporarily closed due to maintenance.

By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org

The 44th Street SW bridge over U.S. 131 will be closed to through traffic staring today, July 23, through 6 a.m. Monday, July 26. The closure is due to maintenance.

U.S. 131 traffic will be allowed to turn right fro the freeway exits on 44th Street but will not be able to turn left and cross the bridge. Traffic on 44th Street will be directed to turn before the bridge and yes the next exit, either 36th Street or 54th Street.

 

All work is weather dependent. The project is being lead by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Other road projects in the city include resurfacing work on Wilson Avenue, both northbound and southbound lanes. Currently, traffic is now routed to the outer lanes while the contractor performs concrete restoration on the median islands.

For more on road projects in the City of Wyoming, click here. 

62-B District Court closed to the general public

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The 62-B District Court in Kentwood today announced that access to courtrooms and other spaces is now limited to no more than 10 persons, including staff, effective immediately. The court is closed to the general public except for essential functions involving health and safety and Constitutional rights through April 3 and will reopen Monday, April 6 at 8 a.m. unless the order is extended.

To confront this unprecedented public health crisis, the Michigan Supreme Court issued Administrative Order 2020-2, which highlights in specific detail essential functions. This order supersedes any previously issued local administrative orders regarding the crisis.

“We take the health and safety of all who utilize the court, each court staff member and the community, seriously and have taken the necessary steps,” said Judge William G. Kelly. “Our team is adjusting as quickly as possible to the crisis, and we appreciate the support of the public as we work to provide more business remotely in the coming days.”

Essential functions include arraignments for in-custody defendants, review and determination of requests for search warrants, among others specified. The new order also provides courts with additional flexibility to conduct business using technology such as video and telephone conferencing.

Visit the Judiciary Response to COVID-19 page or www.kentwood.us or contact the court at 616.698.9310.