Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By JEAN NORDINE
BESSEMER - Over 50 people were in attendance at a public meeting with the Bessemer City Council Monday evening to discuss the upcoming 2021 total reconstruction of U.S. 2 going through the city of Bessemer and whether the road should be three or four lanes. Also on hand were three representatives for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), Dan Kari from Crystal Falls, Dave Bradley also from Crystal Falls and Mark Kleikamp from Escanaba.
MDOT does not advocate one way or the other, they request a city decision on how to proceed as the recons...