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Ferndale council approves MDOT contracts for park sidewalks and Hilton Road resurfacing; consent agenda clears
Summary
The Ferndale City Council voted to approve two Michigan Department of Transportation contracts — one for park sidewalk improvements and one to resurface Hilton Road — and passed a consent agenda that included property sales, equipment purchases and a budget amendment.
The Ferndale City Council on Monday approved two contracts with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to fund sidewalk improvements in city parks and to remove and resurface Hilton Road, and it approved a consent agenda with multiple routine items.
The first MDOT contract (No. 24-5425) covers sidewalk reconstruction and concrete sidewalks serving multiple municipal parks. The city listed a low construction bid of about $250,000; the Transportation Alternatives Program grant applied to the project covers approximately $80,000, and the city’s portion was cited as about $56,720. Council authorized Mayor Raylon Meeks and the city clerk to execute the contract, and directed funding from the road bond capital outlay account number 450-000-977.75 for the $202,122 contract authorization.
The second contract (No. 24-5465) covers removal and resurfacing of Hilton Road from 9 Mile Road to Woodward Heights Boulevard. Engineering estimates were $1,113,000 with a low bid just under $1,068,000. The federal/state grant…
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