I-196 $40M construction completed, ramps opened to downtown Grand Rapids

WZZM13 reports that eight months of road construction that has hampered Grand Rapids commuters has wrapped up one day ahead of the deadline. According to excerpts from the story:Eight months of driving frustration is finally over for drivers in West Michigan. All the ramp closures, detours and construction on Interstate 196 has caused nothing but headaches. But now, the $40 million “Fix” is finally over. Sunday was the deadline for crews to wrap up the project. As you drive on highways near I-196, you’ll see street signs telling drivers that on-ramps to I-196 are now open. That’s eye-candy to West Michigan commuters. “The fix on I-196 is all wrapped up, ” says John Richard, spokesperson for MDOT. “All things had to be wrapped up today; all things were actually wrapped up yesterday, so they made it [deadline] by a day. Had they not met Sunday’s deadline, they would have lost out on $250,000 worth of incentives.” Read the complete story here.