OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan Department of Transportation project in Oshtemo Township is wrapping up, while another nears its final stages.

Since late February, MDOT crews and contractors have been carving out a new roadway as part of a $19 million dollar project to expand the U.S. Route 131 Kalamazoo Business Loop into a full interchange.

For months, construction in that part of Kalamazoo County has dramatically changed the landscape.

Kalamazoo Township Supervisor David Combs said the old loop route makes it hard for people leaving the township or city to reach both directions of 131, which sometimes causes semitrucks to cut through neighborhoods to get to the highway.

"The problem with that was both noise, of course, not to mention traffic of, you know, full-size tract

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