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Power to traffic lights mostly restored in Grand Rapids after hours-long outage causing backups, delays

The City of Grand Rapids provided an update at about 9:30 p.m. saying that more than 90% of the traffic signals are now working again.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Drivers in Grand Rapids experienced backups and long delays during the afternoon commute after many of the city's traffic lights lost power.

The issue began just before 4 p.m. when construction work damage some circuits, causing street lights and traffic signals to lose power all over the city.

The widespread outages were reported by viewers and social media users and included large portions of the city.

The City of Grand Rapids says that as of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, power has been restored to over 18,000 street lights and 90% of the traffic lights that were affected.

The city provided an update at 4:52 p.m. saying that they located the source of the outage.

"City crews have isolated the fault at the site of Coldbrook construction site and have begun working our way through re-energizing and back feeding primary circuits," the City of Grand Rapids said in a Facebook post.

There are still some traffic signals and street lights that are out near the source of the outage.

The city says that they are working to finish the repairs and restore power as quickly as possible.

Intersections without working traffic signals should be treated as a four-way stop.

UPDATE: 4:52 p.m. : City crews have isolated the fault at the site of Coldbrook construction site and have begun working...

Posted by The City of Grand Rapids on Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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