Banks Boulevard work resumes in Silver Bay, Davis Drive stays open for now
Banks Boulevard closures resumed in Silver Bay on May 18, but Davis Drive stayed open after county officials delayed that shutdown. The shift kept fire station and neighborhood access in play.
Silver Bay drivers did not get the full Davis Drive shutdown Lake County had originally planned. When Banks Boulevard reconstruction resumed with new street closures on Monday, May 18, county officials kept the Davis Drive intersection open for now and said that crossing would not close until later in the construction season.
The change mattered because the work sits on one of Silver Bay’s most important corridors, where Banks Boulevard and Edison Boulevard carry daily traffic, utility lines, and access to nearby homes and businesses. County officials said utility work was already underway immediately west of the Banks Boulevard and eastern Davis Drive intersection, and the revised sequence was meant to reduce the risk of water service disruption as pipe replacement continues. The city’s fire station access was also being maintained, a key detail in a small community where detours can quickly affect emergency response.
The project is formally identified as the CSAH 32 reconstruction, covering Edison Boulevard from Penn Boulevard to Horn Boulevard and Banks Boulevard from Horn Boulevard to Davis Drive. Lake County and the City of Silver Bay first laid out the work at an informational meeting on February 5, 2025, followed by a public hearing on February 10, 2025. The scope includes sanitary sewer, water distribution, storm sewer, curb, pavement and sidewalk reconstruction, including sidewalks that were removed for utility work or did not meet ADA requirements.
Lake County project records list Northland Constructors, Inc. as the contractor, with an actual start date of May 27, 2025. Local project listings have placed the work at roughly $4 million to $5 million, with construction expected to run from late May through October. Earlier planning had pointed to a short-duration Davis Drive closure near City Hall, but the county’s latest notice backed off that immediate shutdown and said an updated closure schedule would come later in the season.
For residents and businesses along the corridor, the practical message was straightforward: Banks Boulevard work was moving ahead, but access changes were being staged more carefully than before. Drivers headed through the city had to keep watching for shifting closures around Banks Boulevard, Edison Boulevard and Davis Drive, while homeowners and business operators near the work zone faced another season of utility replacement, resurfacing and intermittent disruption before the corridor could fully reopen.
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