3rd Street/Dewey intersection will be closing tomorrow, Friday 6/27 for sanitary sewer install. Traffic to city hall will use Red Bud/3rd Street. Daycare access will use Red Bud/Dewey for access.

This project involves sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and water main utility improvements in downtown Buchanan. Funding for the project is through the USDA-Rural Development Fund (everything except Front Street) and MDOT (Front Street).
Construction is scheduled to begin the week of February 24 and anticipated to be completed in Fall 2025.
Access/Traffic:
Access to homes/businesses will change during the project, but it is the contractor’s responsibility to ensure that there is always access to each property during construction. Deep sewer trench work will be required for this project, so access to drives may change daily depending on work being completed. Each property owner will be notified prior to access being changed.
Mail:
Daily Mail/Package deliveries will still be possible during construction and will use same access location as residents. Construction observer (Zac-P&N) will communicate with USPS any changes in access location to each address.
Garbage Pickup:
Trash/recycling services will continue during construction. Construction observer (Zac-P&N) will coordinate with garbage companies on scheduled pickup days each week and ensure access is possible.
Water Service:
During new water service installation, the contractor will need to gain access to each house/building to compete the installation. On average this causes a water shut off of around 2-4 hours per address. During new water main connection there will be a 4-8 hour shutdown per street. These water shut offs will be communicated each property owner at least 48 hours prior to scheduled work.
February 20, 2024 – Preconstruction (by Prein&Newhof)
July 24, 2024 – Preconstruction (by Prein&Newhof)
February 27, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
March 6, 2025 – Construction by (Prein&Newhof)
March 10-11, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
March 19, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
April 25, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
May 15, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
June 5, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
September 30, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
October 10, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
November 4, 2025 – Construction (by Prein&Newhof)
P&N Engineer
Mike Schwartz
Project Engineer
269-372-1158
P&N Construction Observer
Zac Culbert
269-312-1799
Contractor
Kamminga & Roodvoets (K&R)
(3rd St, Red Bud, Dewey – USDA)
Jake Klapmust
616-949-0800
Kalin Construction (Front Street – MDOT)
Mike Kalin
269-925-2746
City of Buchanan
City Manager
Tony McGhee
269-695-3844
3rd Street/Dewey intersection will be closing tomorrow, Friday 6/27 for sanitary sewer install. Traffic to city hall will use Red Bud/3rd Street. Daycare access will use Red Bud/Dewey for access.

Schirmer Opening? It was supposed to be open last week, but guard rail got delayed. New opening date will be posted as soon as possible.
Work Completed this past week (June 16-20)
Work planned for this week (June 23-28)
Front/Oak Street intersection will be closing Friday (6/20) for pavement removals and water main install. The post office and local businesses are open.

Work Completed this past week (June 9-14)
Work planned for this week (June 16-20)
Liberty Street will close from Front to Rynearson for paving Friday (6/13) and Saturday (6/14). Follow detour route shown here. Liberty will be opened back up to traffic on Sunday (6/15).

Dewey Street/Red Bud intersection will close sometime later today (6/12) or tomorrow (6/13) depending on how sanitary sewer install goes today. 3rd Street is currently open to traffic from Oak Street to Skyline and will be the preferred route for traffic to/from City Hall, Red Bud Fitness, Daycare/Randy’s bld, Chunk Ice Cream, and Lehman’s.

Work Completed this past week (June 2-7)
Work planned for this week (June 9-14)
Work Completed this past week (May 27-31)
Work planned for this week (June 2-7)
Front St/Oak Street intersection will be closed from Friday (5/30) until Wed (6/4) for water main valve installation. Once work is complete the intersection will reopen to traffic.
Access to Phillip 66 Gas Station will be possible from Red Bud, South of Front Street. See image below. This is access for gas station only. All other downtown traffic is to use local parking areas and proceed to businesses/residences on foot. This access route will change as construction progresses, updated routes will be posted as those occur.

Front Street closure is now in effect Front Oak Street to Red Bud. Pedestrian access is still allowed on Front Street during construction.