Mich. I-696 freeway set for repairs, renovations in 2018

Parts of Interstate 696 in Michigan will undergo reconstruction or repairs this year starting in spring, according to the state’s department of transportation.

MDOT plans $20 million in repairs on I-696 in Oakland County and a $90 million reconstruction in Macomb County.

Along with rehabbing the freeway, the project “will allow the east/west corridor to remain open to traffic during the 2019 planned construction of I-75 at the I-696 interchange,” MDOT says.

The contract for the I-696 work is scheduled to be finalized by early spring. MDOT says work will occur overnight with lane closures, and complete closures would occur only on weekends.

MDOT says the I-696 maintenance work in Oakland County will make driving safer and smoother. Reconstruction of the freeway section is scheduled in five years.