COTC - 10 Apr 2026 - Summer road construction

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Good morning, Northern Michigan. This is your cup

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of Traverse City for the 04/10/2026.

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I'm Mike,

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and it's Friday.

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So

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today, I wanna talk more about road construction,

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on top of what I talked about yesterday

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at 3 Mile Road, which, by the way,

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as of the recording of this, the road

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is still open, but,

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we'll see how how long that, is today

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or whether they actually close the road today.

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I don't know.

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But,

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the other big one in the area is

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The US 31

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rebuilding

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that has

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supposedly

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started. I haven't been out that way,

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but,

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let's see. So that's where they're gonna put

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a roundabout in Interlochen

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right there, at North Or South Long Lake

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Road, J Matty Parkway in US 31,

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otherwise known as Interlocking Corners. No. It's gonna

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be not Interlocking Corners because it's gonna be

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round.

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I don't know.

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I I like roundabouts to a point,

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but I wish people would learn a little

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more about them

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and, how you're supposed to act, but that's

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a whole another soapbox I'll get into, some

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other time.

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So, basically,

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what they're doing

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is they are rebuilding the road

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from Sullivan Road to just west

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of

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oh, well, actually, it says from Sullivan Road

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in Green Lake Township all the way to

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Reynolds Road in Inland Township, Benzie County. Okay.

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So a little further west than I remember.

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It's supposed to begin April 13, which,

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is, I guess, next Monday.

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I guess it wouldn't be closing the road

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today.

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I keep thinking it's Monday. Why would I

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think Friday's Monday? Anyway,

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also, on Monday, they're starting that.

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So

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that'll be interesting.

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But, basically, the upshot is that,

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from

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this coming Monday all the way till November

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13,

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there's going to be some

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disruption in that area.

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The North Side of US 31 will be

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rebuilt between Sullivan Road and West of Jay

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Matty Parkway

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south on Lake Road intersection, including building a

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roundabout.

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The southbound

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US 31 traffic will be maintained, which means,

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you know, because really that's kind of an

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East West road at that point, but

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officially heading towards Benzie County from Grand Traverse

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County is south, even though it's

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not. It's west,

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but direction of the highway, I guess.

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So that will be maintained

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from April through June,

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the northbound traffic heading towards Traverse City will

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be

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detoured on Gonder Road, Riley Road,

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and

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J Matty Parkway,

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Euka Road, and County Road 633.

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So, basically,

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you'll turn right before you get to Interlochen.

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You'll go into Interlochen

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from

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from,

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that way on,

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Riley Road, I guess.

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And then have to go down to Euchre

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Road and then across, and you'll come out

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in Grand back on,

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31.

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So that's quite the

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the the,

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quite the detour.

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You know, last year they had that closed

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for a little while while they were doing

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some stuff and, yeah, what a major pain

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in the behind

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but just, you know, be be aware of

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that if you're going west or east,

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you know, either coming in or going out

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of Traverse City to the west.

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The,

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you know, that's gonna be a a total

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pain. And then let's see. June and July,

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the South side of US 31 will be

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rebuilt between Sullivan Road and West of J

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Matty Parkway.

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they're, you know, gonna be

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working on one, you know, on the north

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side, then they're gonna be working on the

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south side

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and including that roundabout.

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So southbound

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traffic will still be maintained on 31, while

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northbound traffic will be detoured the same way.

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Yeah. That is not fun.

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The the parkway or the Jay Matty Parkway,

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which,

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used to be

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M 137,

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you know, that's Interlochen,

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Carlin Road,

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going that way, will be closed for most

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of that or at least access to it

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off 31 will be closed for most of

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that,

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time between,

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June and July.

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And then July through November, rebuilding a 31

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west of South Lawn Lake Road,

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down to Reynolds Road.

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31 traffic will be maintained

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on 31,

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while northbound traffic will be detoured

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on Reynolds Road, Cinder Road, Diamond Park Road,

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Gonder Road, Riley Road, and J. Matty Parkway.

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That's even longer.

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Remember last summer, we, you know, we camped

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over that way. And, last summer, they were

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redoing

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the south side of Reynolds Road

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to accommodate

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the extra traffic. So

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that's crazy.

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Let's see. It's gonna

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directly and indirectly support 275

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jobs.

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once it's all done, the

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safety at interlocking corners,

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the roundabout will be

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better. And and, you know, they've done that

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in other places,

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on 131

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in Fife Lake. That

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there was always fatal acts accidents

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there, you know, just

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more frequently than it needed to be.

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And they

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really helped that out by putting that

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roundabout there.

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So I I totally

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get why

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they wanna do this kind of stuff.

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You know, we

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we around here get tired of the roundabouts,

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but,

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you know, because everybody wants the you know,

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they they're putting roundabouts everywhere.

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Well, you know, once people learn how to

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to to work them, and it's gonna be

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unavoidable, you're gonna have to because, you know,

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getting around Traverse City, I can't leave my

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house

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and go

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I I guess I can get into town

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without hitting a roundabout,

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And if I don't go too far south,

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I can do it without a roundabout. But

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if I wanna go up to Chum's Corners,

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I got two roundabouts.

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If I wanna go

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to, Garfield from here, I got I got

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one at least.

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When we go up to Leelanau, I got

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that other one.

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You know, they're they're

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they're a thing, and, they definitely

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do help,

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with safety. Now frustration levels can get a

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little higher,

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at some roundabout. It depends on who you're

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following. I was following some lady.

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Who was it? Wednesday.

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Had to go out for an appointment in

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Chumps Corners area,

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and

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she would stop at every

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intersection

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in the roundabout. Not not just getting onto

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the roundabout, but she would stop.

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And it was that one on, Keystone Road

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at,

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what is that?

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Cass Road,

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where the dam used to be.

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And,

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you know, of course, there's three roads, you

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know, to go straight. You you hit, you

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know, the the bypass part. You hit the

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hit that one. You know? And she just

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would stop before she would yeah. Just it

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was it was frustrating.

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And, of course, I was running right on

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time, not not late, but right on time

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for my appointment. So,

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yeah, grumble, grumble, grouch, grouch.

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Anyway, I've got links to a couple of

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stories,

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there in the show notes over at

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cupoftraversecity.com.

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And let's see. Today, a 20% chance of

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rain before 9AM.

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Mostly cloudy with a high near 45.

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Light and variable

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wind becoming north,

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five to 10 miles per hour in the

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afternoon.

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Tonight, mostly clear with a low around 29.

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North wind around five miles per hour becoming

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calm this evening.

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Tomorrow, sunny near

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54 degrees.

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Southwest wind around five miles per hour.

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And I hope you, have a safe and

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happy weekend. Let's see. Let's see what the

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weekend weather looks like. I guess they should

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do that. Saturday showers mainly after 2AM,

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low around 40, light variable winds.

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And,

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we have 90% chance of some rain.

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Saturday night showers possibly a thunderstorm.

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I mean, near 63.

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At least the temperatures are getting in the

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right place.

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Sunday

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night showers mainly before 2AM.

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So and Monday, 30% chance of showers.

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Yeah. Well, you know, April showers, they say.

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Everybody have a good weekend.