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MARCH 21, 2024 • Vol. 4, No. 6
Construction returns to I-96 for a third season BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Orange flowers, aka construction barrels, are blooming again this year as construction of the Interstate 96 Flex Route returns for a third and final season, along with several other construction projects. “The end is in sight. Thank God,” Brian Travis, Michigan Department of Transportation project manager/construction engineer for the I-96 Flex Route Project, told the Novi City Council during its regular meeting March 4. “This year we are reconstructing all 12 miles of the westbound pavement. Last year, we reconstructed eastbound. We’ve done all construction of the median barrier wall, so it’s just that westbound side that’s left. That includes all the ramps. The good news is that at the end of the year, both ‘bounds’ will be back open, paved, all ramps will be back open and flex lanes will be operational.” See CONSTRUCTION on page 4A
Novi schools make wishes of chronically ill children come true BY CHARITY MEIER
cmeier@candgnews.com
The Novi Community School District came together during Wish Week at the schools March 12-15 to help make the wishes of two chronically ill children come true. The money raised during Wish Week, of-
ten through the purchase of $1 paper stars, will fund an all-expenses-paid trip for each child and their family to go to Walt Disney World through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. “They’ve granted a wish of a lifetime, basically, for him to get to go to Disney and have the ultimate Disney experience,” said
See WISHES on page 5A
ABOVE: Novi High School math teacher Jamie Allcorn takes a pie in the face as part of the school’s Wish Week activities March 14. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
More construction related to the Interstate 96 Flex Route project will soon affect the area of Grand River Avenue and Beck Road.
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