Ann Arbor’s underground parking deck moves forward

Ann Arbor’s new underground parking garage is preparing to break ground this fall.Excerpt:The underground parking structure next to the Ann Arbor Library’s Main Branch continues its steady slog toward becoming a reality.The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority approved upgrading the 6-inch water mains along Fifth Avenue to 12-inch water mains and hired Lansing-based Christman to handle the pre-construction planning. It all means shovels will go in the ground for the water mains by October and the main hole for the parking deck will start going down by early winter.”I think we may start excavating in November,” says Susan Pollay, executive director of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority.Read the rest of the story here.