Primary roads in 13 townships to get major resurfacing this year – Monroe Evening News

The Monroe County Road Commission will spend more than $7 million to upgrade about 27 miles of primary roads in 15 townships in 2022.

The improvements include hot-mix asphalting and microsurfacing primary streets that have deteriorated over the years due to heavy loads, winter frost and thawing. They are part of the road commissions five-year plan to upgrade primary routes and keep them safe and manageable for motorists.

Construction on the primary roads will begin in the spring, said Dori Hawkins-Freelain, managing director of the road agency. The $7 million includes all improvements planned in 2022 andis similar to what the agency spent in 2021, she said.

The director noted the road agency has done a really good job over the years getting our roads in shape with financial help from the townships.

We work very closely with the townships on both primary and gravel roads, she said Wednesday. We want to continue to maintain these roads with a single stone-chip seal to (extend) the life of the roads. Even an overband crack fill can do that.

The chip sealing and crack fills are less-expensive ways to maintain paved streets.

The road agency gets calls from citizens about deteriorating conditions of some roads and attempts to resolve any concerns or safety issues, Hawkins-Freelain said.

Weve had our normal complaints and are addressing them as we can, she said.

Some townships that had roads resurfaced last year have no major improvements planned in 2022. Other roads in the county will get a lesser treatment of an overband crack fill or single stone-chip seal to maintain the road pavement surface.

Following is a list of 13 of the 15 townships in the county that have some major resurfacing planned this year. The list is available under the countys 5-year Primary Road Plan from 2021-2025 on the road commissions Website (http://www.mcrc-mi.org/constructionprojects.html). All of the road improvements listed are subject to change based on available funding and project costs, the agency said.

Ash Township Maxwell Rd. from Scofield-Carleton Rd. to Carleton West Rd., .74 of a mile, hot-mix asphalt overlay. A single stone chip seal application is planned in 2023.

Bedford Douglas Rd. from Sterns Rd. to Dean Rd., one mile, microsurface; Douglas from Dean to Temperance Rd., one mile, microsurface; Jackman Rd. from Dean to Temperance, one mile, microsurface; Secor Rd. from Summerfield Rd. to Consear Rd., seven tenths of a mile, and St. Anthony Rd. from Summerfield to Secor, 1.12 miles, trench widening and hot-mix overlay.

Dundee -- Brewer Rd. from N. County Line Rd. to Bragg Rd., 1.06 miles, hot-mix asphalt overlay.

Erie -- Temperance Rd. from S. Telegraph Rd. (US24) to Minx Rd., seven tenths of a mile, hot-mix asphalt and mill and fill.

Exeter -- Ostrander Rd. from the township line to Palmer Rd., .25 of a mile, hot-mix asphalt and mill and fill; Scofield-Carleton Rd. from Sumpter Rd. to Martinsville Rd., .74 of a mile, crush and shape and hot-mix asphalt overlay; Scofield-Carleton from Martinsville to Finzel Rd., 1.02 miles, crush and shape and hot-mix asphalt overlay; Sumpter Rd. from Scofield-Carleton Rd. to Shoemaker Rd., nine tenths of a mile, hot-mix asphalt and mill and fill; Sumpter from Shoemaker to S. Stony Creek, .18 of a mile, hot-mix asphalt and mill and fill, and Sumpter from S. Stony Creek to Stout Rd., 1.33 miles, hot-mix asphalt and mill and fill.

Frenchtown -- Dewey Rd. from the end of Pointe aux Peaux Rd., .35 of a mile, hot-mix overlay, and Pointe aux Peaux from N. Dixie Hwy. east, 2.41 miles, hot-mix asphalt overlay.

Ida -- Ida Center Rd. from Douglas to Jackman, one mile, ultrathin, hot-mix asphalt overlay, and Ida Center from Jackman to Lewis, 1.01 miles, ultrathin, hot-mix asphalt overlay.

London -- Ostrander Rd. from Yensch Rd. to Gramlick Rd., 1.53 miles, hot-mix asphalt mill and fill; Ostrander from Gramlick to the township line, 1.23 miles, hot-mix asphalt mill and fill, and Yensch from Day Rd. to Ostrander, 1.03 miles, hot-mix asphalt, scratch course and single chip seal.

Milan -- Dennison Rd. from Day to Couper Rd., 1.5 miles, hot-mix asphalt, multi-overlay; Ridge Rd. from N. County Line Rd. to Hack Rd., .54 of a mile, hot-mix asphalt overlay.

Monroe -- Dunbar Rd. from Herr Rd. to S. Telegraph Rd. (US24), 1.03 miles, trench widening and hot-mix asphalt, mill and fill; Herr Rd. from Dunbar to S. Custer Rd. (M50), .88 of a mile, hot-mix asphalt overlay.

Raisinville -- Yensch Rd. from Stewart Rd. to Day Rd., 1.02 miles, crush and shape and a hot-mix asphalt overlay.

Summerfield -- Ida Center Rd. from Sylvania-Petersburg Rd. to Teal Rd., 1.18 miles, hot-mix asphalt overlay; Ida Center from Teal to Summerfield Rd., .83 of a mile, Single chip seal and a hot-mix asphalt overlay.

Whiteford -- St. Anthony Rd. from US23 to Whiteford Rd., .90 of a mile, trench widening and hot-mix asphalt overlay, and St. Anthony from Whiteford to Summerfield, .97 of a mile, trench widening and hot-mix asphalt overlay.

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Primary roads in 13 townships to get major resurfacing this year - Monroe Evening News