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NOVEMBER 25, 2024 Vol. 21, No. 25
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Interchange modernization nearing completion Lane closures will continue into late December, according to a press release, to finish up under-bridge lighting and miscellaneous work. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN tchristensen@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — Only two lanes will be open northbound and southbound US-24 (Telegraph Road) at M-102 (Eight Mile Road) until late December during the finalization of the interchange modernization project. This project will become the first diverging diamond interchange in the metro Detroit area. A diverging diamond interchange is a type of highway interchange that allows for two directions of traffic to temporarily cross to the left side of the road. The interchange provides fewer conflict points, no driver confusion, shorter pedestrian crossings, and more, according to divergingdiamond.com. This project is being funded by federal, state, and local sources, and is going to cost around $54 million dollars, according to Diane Cross, the Michigan Department of Transportation’s media contact. The two-year project is slated to be finished by the end of 2024. See INTERCHANGE on page 8A
Grade school friends start nonprofit to provide free cataract surgeries SOUTHFIELD — Before Southfield-based Attorney Jason Waechter became the “Motorcycle Lawyer” and Dr. Walter “Wally” Cukrowski became one of Michigan’s leading eye surgeons,
the two were first-grade students at St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School in Bloomfield Hills who also played football together in seventh and eighth grade. Now, decades later, the two have reconnected to start a nonprofit, Vision of Justice, to perform free cataract surgeries on those who can’t
afford the surgery. Their first surgery event will take place at one of the Michigan Eyecare Institute clinics on the second Thursday of December. Interested applicants should apply as soon as possible to be considered for the event. To qualify for free cataract surgery, appliSee CATARACT on page 6A
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