$30M in Road Work Planned in Wayne County: Project List

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WAYNE COUNTY, MI – Wayne County has purchased nearly $4 million for 62 new pieces of roads maintenance equipment and has hired 50 seasonal employees to help complete a $30 million capital improvement project in 21 communities.

The projects were announced Tuesday.

“We’ve made smart investments with our limited resources by purchasing new equipment and hiring a qualified and motivated seasonal workforce,” County Executive Warren C. Evans said in a statement.

Besides the capital improvement projects in 21 cities and townships, road maintenance projects are planned in several others, he said.

Evans said the county stretched its federal and state road dollars by prioritizing projects by need and collaborating with communities.

However, he added that more resources are needed for infrastructure. This year, his administration will host a series of summits with local leaders to identify solutions to reform the local municipal funding system.

The 2016 Wayne County Road Improvement Program consists of extensive road resurfacing, maintenance and capital road reconstruction projects.

The capital improvement projects, organized by communities, project parameters and type of work, are as follows:

• Livonia: Base Line / Newburgh – Farmington, concrete patching
• Wetland / Garden City: Cherry Hill / Wayne – Merriman, road resurfacing
• Romulus: Eureka / Middlebelt – Inkster, concrete patching
• Taylor: Eureka / Racho – Allen, road resurfacing
• Romulus: Eureka / Wayne – east of Dingell Drive, preventative maintenance
• Detroit: Five Mile (Fenkell) / Evergreen – Southfield Township, road resurfacing
• Canton Township: Geddes / Denton intersection, intersection widening
• Allen Park / Lincoln Park / Southgate: Goddard / I-75 Freeway – Toledo, road resurfacing
• Belleville / Van Buren Township: Huron River Drive / Ellwell – Sumpter, road resurfacing
• Detroit: Joy Road / Evergreen – Southfield Freeway, road resurfacing
• Canton Township: Lotz Road / Cherry Hill – Ford Road, grade establishment
• Livonia: Seven Mile / Newburgh – Farmington, concrete patching
• Brownstown Township: Sibley Road / Toledo / Allen, road reconstruction
• Northville Township: Six Mile / Northville – Haggerty, road reconstruction
• Lincoln Park: Southfield / Lafayette – Fort, road resurfacing
• Woodhaven / Trenton: West Road / Allen – Fort, road resurfacing

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