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Road Commission presents $25 million safety grant, rising tree-response workload and 30-mile safety projects to county commissioners
Summary
Travis Bartholomew, managing director of the Road Commission of Kalamazoo County, briefed commissioners on funding sources, a $25 million Safe Streets and Roads for All grant covering 30 miles of safety fixes, service-request trends and increasing tree-related cleanup demands.
Travis Bartholomew, managing director of the Road Commission of Kalamazoo County, presented the road commission’s 2024 annual report and 2025 priorities to the Board of Commissioners on June 3, highlighting a $25 million federal safety grant, funding sources and growing tree-removal and service-request workloads.
Bartholomew told the board the commission’s main recurring funding source is the Michigan Transportation Fund (MTF), currently modeled at roughly $28 million per year, supplemented by federal and state grants (about $3.9 million this year for primary-road projects) and increasing township contributions on local roads.
He described a 2024 award from the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program totaling $25 million for a five-year package of safety work. "We were awarded the grant in 2024 for $25,000,000," he said, and the program will fund improvements across roughly 30 miles of primary…
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