Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Ontonagon County not experiencing road project stoppage

By JAN TUCKER

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ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Road Commission Engineer Mike Maloney said there are no projects in Ontonagon County held up because of the work stoppage experienced throughout Michigan. Officials of the Michigan County Road Association said more than 150 state and local projects have been halted by the impasse.

The Jackson Creek bridge project in Gogebic County is one of those. CRA and its 83 agency members are not a party to the negotiations, although many agencies have projects that could enter winter unfinished if the impasse continues, a spokesperson said....