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City engineer outlines $8.7 million in annual road funding and major 2025 projects
Summary
City engineer Travis (last name not specified in transcript) presented the 2025 construction-season plan including a mile-long Wheeler Street reconstruction, federal-aid projects and use of county millage funds for local street resurfacing.
Travis, the city engineer, briefed the council on planned street, bridge and water/sewer projects for the 2025 construction season and summarized how the city funds road work, grant matching and trade-offs between preventative maintenance and full reconstruction.
"Act 51 revenue is state and federal, gas and weight tax," Travis said, describing recurring sources for road funding and noting total annual revenue for roads, water and sewer in the presentation as roughly $8.7 million. He told council about a mix of local, federal and CDBG funding used to stretch dollars for multiple projects.
Travis described completed 2024 work and slated 2025 projects, including:
- Wheeler Street full reconstruction (Michigan to Gratiot):…
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