By Elena Meadows Journal Correspondent

ThursdayAug6,2020at12:20PM

More than $2 million will be funneled to local roads through the St. Joseph County Road Commissions allocation fund.

In a collaboration between the road commission and 12 of the countys 16 townships, the road commission contributes 50 percent toward improvements such as chip-seal and hot-mix asphalt. Townships contribute the other 50 percent.

"That is how you improve your local road network," road commission managing director John Lindsey told road commissioners at their meeting Wednesday.

Township contributions toward the program range from $10,000 to $159,400, as budgets allow.

Among the townships not participating this year, Sturgis Township is saving for a bigger project in 2021 and Burr Oak Township canceled participation due to COVID-19.

Lindsey made special note of 1.49 miles of asphalt overlay work recently performed in Fennells subdivision of Fawn River Township. The road commission put in half, taxpayers paid for a large portion through a special assessment district and the township funded the remainder.

Also on Wednesday, road commissioners discussed graffiti that had been painted near the intersection of Pulver and Floating Bridge roads in Flowerfield Township. Commissioners directed staff members that, as time permits, they should paint over any writing on roads the county maintains.

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