Officials from Washington D.C. recently visited Leelanau County to see progress on road and bridge projects in Glen Arbor. The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and Conservation Resource Alliance began replacing the culverts on County Road 675 near the township in September 2023, to help improve water flows in the Crystal River.
Winnie Stachelberg, senior advisor and infrastructure coordinator for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Grand Traverse Band Chairwoman Sandra Witherspoon, of Charlevoix, stopped to view progress on replacement of “the tube” beneath Crystal View Road Oct. 16.
They were greeted by locals including Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Superintendent Scott Tucker, Leelanau County Road Commission Managing Director Brendan Mullane, and Grand Traverse Engineering & Construction Manager Ken Ockert. Ockert explained some aspects of the project to the outof- towners before they sat down for lunch, courtesy of the Grand Traverse Band.
