Ogemaw County road officials cite severe-weather damage and advance 2026-29 transportation planning

The Ogemaw County Road Commission has temporarily closed all seasonal roads because of severe-weather impacts, while preparing to review transportation spending for 2026 and discuss potential projects for 2027-2029.

The closure was authorized through Resolution 2026-07. The action applies to seasonal roads and is described as temporary. The available notice does not identify the individual roads involved, provide an expected reopening date or establish that the closures affect every road in West Branch.

For people using rural routes around West Branch and Ogemaw County, the immediate issue is access while the commission responds to weather-related impacts. The source packet does not specify whether particular farms, homes, businesses or other destinations are affected. It also does not provide a route-by-route detour or other traffic guidance.

Transportation review will look beyond the current closures

Separately, the commission identified a meeting in West Branch to review federal and state transportation expenditures for fiscal year 2026. The agenda also includes discussion of projects that could be submitted to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program for 2027-2029.

That process could influence future road maintenance, overlays and development-related improvements serving West Branch and surrounding Ogemaw County. At this stage, however, the notice describes planning and review—not a final award of transportation funding.

No individual project list or dollar amounts were exposed in the available search result. As a result, residents, commuters, farmers and local businesses cannot yet determine which specific roads or improvements may be included in the 2027-2029 submissions.

Dates and information still unavailable

The commission’s current page was crawled on May 8, 2026. That date establishes when the page was reviewed, not necessarily when the road-closure notice or Resolution 2026-07 was posted. The exact resolution date was not independently established from the available material.

The search result also did not show the exact date of the West Branch transportation meeting. The next known step is the commission’s transportation-program discussion, followed by consideration of projects for submission to the 2027-2029 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The packet does not provide a separate submission deadline.

The Ogemaw County Road Commission lists its office at 1250 S. M-33, West Branch, MI 48661. That address is the commission’s identified West Branch location and the local point associated with the transportation-program notice.

Until the commission releases more detail, the available information establishes a temporary seasonal-road closure tied to severe weather and a forward-looking transportation review, but not permanent closures, citywide restrictions, specific repairs or awarded funding.