GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Nearly half of M-6 will close for four months beginning Saturday, July 8, as crumbling concrete on the westernmost four miles is replaced with asphalt.

The Michigan Department of Transportation will be hosting a public meeting next week on the project to share details, detour routes and traffic impacts.

The meeting will be 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, at the Byron Township Hall at 8085 Byron Center Avenue.

In addition to MDOT staff, officials from the road commissions in Kent and Ottawa counties will be present, as well as city of Wyoming officials.

Starting July 8, both the eastbound and westbound lanes of M-6 will close between Interstate 196 and Byron Center Avenue.

The road will remain closed until early November, as 3.8 miles of concrete pavement is torn out between I-196 and Wilson Avenue and repaved with asphalt by Michigan Paving and Materials Company.

Michigan Paving won the contract with its $8.7 million bid for the work. The road is expected to last 33 years, according to MDOT officials.

During construction, westbound truck traffic on M-6 will be routed north on U.S. 131, through downtown Grand Rapids and then west on I-196.

Similarly, eastbound trucks on I-196 will be routed to southbound U.S. 131 through downtown Grand Rapids and then east on M-6.

Through traffic coming from the east on I-96 will be detoured away from M-6 at the interchange on the east side of Grand Rapids with signs.

The June 28 meeting is the second public meeting MDOT has held on the project. The first was in mid-May at the Jamestown Township hall.