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Committee forwards MDOT forced-account contracts and announces public 'report a road hazard' tool
Summary
Jackson County's Public Safety and Transportation Committee recommended forwarding three MDOT forced-account contracts for local road work and discussed the department's monthly report, including a new online 'report a road hazard' (queue alert) tool and updates on grant projects and maintenance.
The Jackson County Department of Transportation presented three Michigan Department of Transportation forced-account contracts and a monthly report to the Public Safety and Transportation Committee on June 9; the committee recommended forwarding each contract to the full board.
Department staff said the three contracts are forced-account work (county crews do the work and the state reimburses allowable labor/equipment):
- Clinton Way: described as a wedge-and-strip project with pavement marking. Staff listed a local match of $16,320, a federal-aid grant component of $65,280 and a total project figure stated as $8,181,600 in the staff comments.
- Detman Road: a solid-pave project with a local match of $16,345 and a federal grant amount of $65,380.
- Robinson Road: a chip-seal project; county share $18,745 and an anticipated federal reimbursement of $74,980.
Committee members moved and supported forwarding each contract to the full board; the committee votes on those motions passed.
In the department’s monthly report, staff described several ongoing projects (tree removal safety, slope restoration, pavement markings), local paving projects across multiple townships and a trail project that required geotextile and cross-section fixes before final construction. Staff reported 2,211 queue alerts so far in the year with 318 currently open, and demonstrated a new public web feature allowing residents to file a service request online via a "report a road hazard" link and create an account to track status and receive notifications. Staff said a clickable map showing service requests will be added to the department website.
Other updates included patching totals (542 tons in May), permit counts (38 oversized seasonal permits in May), soil-erosion inspections (70 in May), and that the Bend Road bridge closure inspection was recommended by Great Lakes and may improve the project’s funding priority for a rebuild. Committee members asked operational questions about porous pavement, citizen involvement in pothole filling, and township contributions for two-road-per-year projects.
The committee voted to receive the monthly transportation report and to forward the MDOT contracts to the full board for approval.
