Part of Blue Star path closed due to sinkhole

Closed section is at 62nd Street and Blue Star Highway.

A section of the multi-use path along Blue Star Highway east of 62nd Street is closed due to a sink hole. Photo taken Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

A section of the multi-use path along Blue Star Highway east of 62nd Street is closed due to a sinkhole.

The hole was reported over the weekend.

Laketown Township engineers are evaluating the situation and will determine the next steps.

The path was completed in the fall of 2024. It runs from the 66-site Shangrai-La Mobile Home Community, 6180 Blue Star Highway, to the Michigan Department of Transportation’s park-and-ride site at Exit 41 of I-196.

The path is 4,200 feet long and 10 feet wide and includes retaining walls and two boardwalks.

There are no other Laketown Township multi-use paths east of I-196 where this project is located.

For a first-hand look at the trail during a ride in 2024, click here.

A section of the multi-use path along Blue Star Highway east of 62nd Street is closed due to a sink hole. Photo taken Tuesday, July 21, 2026.