21-03-2025
Spring construction in Petoskey: City's project list includes Howard Street work, more
PETOSKEY — It's officially spring and the City of Petoskey isn't wasting any time getting construction projects underway.
City manager Shane Horn reviewed some of the work that will soon be coming to city streets and parks during the Petoskey City Council meeting on March 17.
'Howard Street, as you know, is our big street reconstruction project this year,' Horn said.
The Howard Street project will take place in two phases. The first part, with work taking place from State Street to Grove Street, will begin on April 2.
'This will be a slight disruption to the schools there,' Horn said.
'We're going to complete that section completely — underground work, new pavement from State to Grove — from April 2 to late May,' Horn added. 'Then we'll pick up the rest of the project from Grove all the way to Sheridan. That will start right in late May through the end of August. The hope is that we can have this wrapped up before school in the fall begins.'
Horn noted that this is an aggressive schedule for this sort of work, but that it is subject to change if weather conditions force them to stop or delay progress.
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Other projects set to start this spring include:
Improvements to the Saville parking lot off Bay Street, which will start the week of April 7 and continue until Memorial Day
The Park Avenue project in Pennsylvania Park will begin the week of March 31 and be mostly complete by Memorial Day
Work on the east section of the Little Traverse Wheelway in Bayfront Park, from the turnaround bathrooms to the area behind Boyne Country Sports, will include removing the existing asphalt and putting in new concrete. This project is scheduled to start the week of March 31 and be wrapped up before Memorial Day.
According to the proposed 2025 city budget, upgrades in Pennsylvania Park were estimated at $350,000, improvements on the east side of Bayfront Park were estimated at $650,000 and a full reconstruction of Howard Street is budgeted at $2.1 million.
'We have a lot of significant work to get accomplished before our visitors start to arrive for the summer season,' Horn said.
— Contact Jillian Fellows at jfellows@
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Petoskey city officials prepare for 2025 spring construction projects
