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Committee backs package of road and rail projects including Train Flow Mobility sensors
Summary
Macomb County committee voted to forward a package of road and rail contracts — including a $61,895 purchase of a Train Flow Mobility rail-detection system and two MDOT rehabilitation contracts largely funded with federal money — to the full board by a 13-0 vote.
Macomb County commissioners’ committee voted 13-0 to forward a package of transportation projects and contracts that includes a purchase of a rail crossing detection and analytics system and multiple Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) rehabilitation contracts.
The committee combined Items 7A through 7I and voted to move the package to the full Board of Commissioners. The package includes a proposed $61,895 purchase for Train Flow Mobility devices and installation, two MDOT rehabilitation contracts totaling about $7.86 million, soil-boring contracts for upcoming projects, a road-safety audit, pump-station maintenance changes with Harrison Township and a traffic-control device paid for by New Haven Community Schools.
The combined package is intended to address recurring rail-crossing blockages and several roadway and bridge maintenance projects across the county. The roadwork items include two MDOT contracts: rehabilitation of North River Road (I-94 to Bridgeview Street) at a total cost of $2,363,500 and rehabilitation work on 14 Mile Road, including the 14 Mile Road over Red Run Drain and a section from Van Dyke to Hoover, at a total cost of…
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