Traffic

Drivers heading northbound on M-24 Monday morning heading to westbound I-69 need to think about a different route! The ramp onto the westbound freeway will be closed from 8am till 7pm Monday only! Workers are installing a storm sewer as part of the M-24 rebuilding project.

Today, motorists are dealing with a new problem on Bristol Road in Burton.

There are so many things to choose from, but what is the worst thing to deal with when driving?

We've been dealing with the M-24 construction and it's detours and delays. Now, it appears that Phase II of the project is going to wait until next year. The project was initially delayed this spring because of the deep frost that kept the ground frozen nearly a month longer than expected, so it doesn't appear that there will be time to get the second phase in this summer.

Want to keep up to date on what is happening now and look at the future progress for the construction work on M-24? Here's the answer:

Motorists and business owners are feeling the frustration as the M-24 construction process finishes it's second week. The nearly two-mile construction zone has been turned into one lane each way, with strictly enforced no left turn signs all along the route. Only turns at intersections are allowable and that is a flashpoint with some drivers who are just trying to stop and get gas.

The Michigan Department of Transportation has scheduled an informational meeting regarding proposed improvements on M-24, from south of I-69 to Nepessing Street in the city of Lapeer, and Lapeer Township. It is scheduled in two sessions for Monday, April 7th at 4pm, and again at 5:30pm at the Lapeer City Hall Commission Chambers.

They're rightly remembered as titans of jazz-rock and soul. But that's not the way things began.

George Zimmerman -- yes the same Florida neighborhood watchman acquitted in the Trayvon Martin murder trial -- was pulled over for speeding on a highway near Dallas, Texas.

Last week we had our first bout of Michigan winter driving, but ice was more of a problem than snow. Last night and this morning, Mother Nature dumped several inches over Mid-Michigan causing many accidents.

The last album that Traffic made came in 1974 under the title When The Eagle Flies.  It wasn't their biggest project but did produce a fan fave, Walking In The Wind, which we dust off for today's track.  Some honest to goodness hippie folk rock...

Steve Winwood just put Traffic back together in 1971 after a brief hiatus that included some solo work and Blind Faith, projects that gave him a renewed fresh creative boost for his old work horse of a band.  The new Traffic music was much more mature and defined, with less emphasis on the jazzy feel and more on a progressive direction...