Starting on Thursday, you will have to take a slight detour off Highway 54 when you travel into Algoma. The City is working on the infrastructure replacement on Frank Avenue this week, and a portion of the roadway and Jefferson Street (Hwy 54) will be closed for a week.

Algoma City Administrator Matt Murphy says the infrastructure construction of water, sewer, and storm sewer on Division Street is just about wrapped up, with the focus now turning to three blocks of Frank Avenue.  He says drivers will have to deal with a complete closure of Jefferson Street at the Frank Avenue intersection starting Thursday, with a detour off of Sunset Avenue to Fremont and back to Fourth Street.

The closure is expected to be from 7 a.m. Thursday until late afternoon on Friday, May 17.  After the Frank Avenue infrastructure work is done, Murphy expects the road-building crews to finish the project by the first week of June when paving and concrete work is completed.