CONSTRUCTION DELAY: Division & Fulton wont open on time [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The reconstruction of the intersection of Division Avenue and Fulton Street hit a major snag when it was time to install a new traffic signal as the project entered its final phase.

The critical junction has been closed since early July as part of a larger project that has had Division Avenue North closed from Fulton to the Michigan Street bridge.

“The contractor installing the new traffic signal foundations at Division/Fulton encountered old areaway walls below grade at two of the corners that have caused delays,” wrote Grand Rapids Media Relations Manager Steve Guitar in an email after I asked about when the intersection would reopen.

The presence of the walls underground required redesigning the foundations for the traffic signals and cutting through the walls.

This means the intersection, originally scheduled to be finished sometime in October, likely will not be open at least until the …