Barricade Busters!

Menominee Project Update from Jason DeGrand, PE, MDOT:
Construction for Stage 1B (23rd Ave to 38th Ave) is in progress.

Thru traffic is detoured from US-41 onto 23rd Ave, 13th St and 38th Ave.

Local traffic is maintained on US-41 using traffic shifts, the temporary road and flag control.

 Work done this week (July 5-July 9):

-Removals on east for Stage 1B.

-Water main on east for Stage 1B.

-Traffic Signal foundations at 30th Ave intersection.

Work to be done next week (July 12-July 16):

-Removals on the east for Stage 1B.

-Water main on east for Stage 1B.

-Sanitary sewer for Stage 1B.

-Storm sewer on east for Stage 1B.

 

The Contractor is on schedule. Stage 1A is open to traffic and Stage 1B is in progress. Stage 1B will be ongoing the remainder of the summer and into this fall.

Field Office Contacts for County T/Roosevelt Road Project
If you are a business in the Roosevelt Road area, you will find these contacts helpful:
Field Office Pone: (715) 732-1297
Field Office Fax: (715) 732-1296
Hall Avenue Project Meeting:
LaLonde Contractors, overseeing the Hall Avenue Project, holds meetings at 4:30 p.m. on alternate Thursdays at the project field office at the City Limits Convenience Store Complex at the intersection of Country Trunk T and Highway 180 in Marinette. The next meeting is July 8.
You can get around our cities. Just look for the signs.
In Menominee, a larger portion of 10th Street north of 23rd Avenue is under construction. Please use the 13th Street detour to travel from the north. To access businesses on 10th Street from 13th Street, watch for the signs. All businesses listed on the signs made a contribution to the program. 
Businesses in the road-work zone are accessible from side streets.
In Marinette, portions of Hall Avenue from Raymond Street to Highway 64 are closed. If you need to reach a business on Hall Avenue between Van Cleve and the intersection of Highway 64, we suggest you access the business from Marinette Avenue. SIgns along Marinette Avenue point to detours that will take you to Hall Avenue.
Work has begun on Roosevelt Road in the Pine Tree Mall area. The project will last through the middle of September with a short road closure starting in July. There will be access to businesses during that time. Driveways will be open, although businesses with several driveways may haveone of them blocked from time to time.

Business Owners: How to prepare your business for road construction:

  • Consider keeping your business lean to prepare for a possible decrease in business. Reduce inventory, if possible, and consider leaving a vacant position unfilled.
  • Gather customer contact information, such as e-mail, phone numbers and addresses. Keep customers informed about progress near your business, changes in route, and special offers at your business.
  • Consider a customer loyalty program if you don’t already have one. Make sure your loyal customers return again and again and get rewarded for it.
  • Develop alternate route maps and use them in your advertising, or send them to customers.
  • Work with your employees to come up with ideas that draw customers. Make your employees part of the solution. Consider incentives for ideas that really work.
  • Considering a remodel? Do it during road work.
  • Modify your logo or develop a special slogan for construction period.

 

What to do during road construction to help keep your business healthy

Convey the appearance of business as usual. Present a positive image to your customers and the public.

  • Develop coupons, giveaways or special services. Make it worthwhile for your customers to bust through the barricades.
  • Make friends with the construction crew. Restaurants might consider offering special lunch deals to the construction workers.
  • Advertise jointly with other businesses along the construction route.
  • If you have a rear entrance that is out of the construction zone, spruce it up and allow customers to use it.
  • Get together with fellow businesses and hold “block parties” at a central location .
  • If possible, consider home deliveries to your customers.
  • Schedule specials or events on weekends or downtimes for road work.
  • Maintain a sense of humor. Construction work has an end date. You may find that date – and the improvements it brings – are well worth the wait.
  • Punch cards for shoppers: Patronize just five construction area businesses per month, get your card punched. At the end of the month, cards are turned in to the chamber. One card is drawn each month; winner gets $100. Money comes from donations. Call it the 5/$100 Project.
  • Create a donation level program for individuals and businesses to fund signage.