(WWJ) It may seem like a no-brainer, but officials in Michigan are nonetheless asking motorists to refrain from removing barriers set up to block entry onto flooded freeways.
Reaching out to the public with a "heads up" on this issue on Monday, the Michigan Department of Transportation made the request, noting that workers dealing with flood waters and construction projects are behind those barriers.
"The roadway is closed for their safety and yours!" MDOT in Metro Detroit tweeted.
"Do not drive around or move barricades. The road and ramps are really closed," MSP Metro Detroit tweeted, adding: "If you go down a ramp that the barricades have been moved to the side and notice a large amount of water, turn around. It is too deep and you will not make it. Please use extra care while driving especially where there is standing water."
It's not clear exactly who or what prompted the appeals.
Twitter user Virginia Robinson wanted to know "what kind of idiot" would do such a thing while the freeway "looked like a river."
This comes following a weekend of disastrous flooding in the Detroit area, and a day after Michigan State Police — no joke — reached out to ask people not to go swimming on I-94.
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"Finally in the things I would never thought I would have to say: Do not go into the water. This water has debris, sharp metal, submerged cars, gasoline and oil floating in it. There is also a good chance that there is sewage also in the water. In other words it’s gross!" MSP Metro Detroit tweeted on Sunday, sharing a photo of some bathing suit-clad folks on I-94.
As of Monday evening, I-94 remained closed in both directions at I-96 and Greenfield. Traffic can get around the flooding by using Michigan Ave.
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