Council approves 9 Mile restriping, MDOT Greater Mac patching contract and Veterans Park beach work

St. Clair Shores City Council on May 5 approved three infrastructure actions: restriping and signal adjustments on 9 Mile Road at Greater Mac and Cavalier, the city's participation in an MDOT-funded Greater Mac Avenue patching project (MDOT contract 255175), and a $69,425 Landscape Services Inc. contract to revitalize Veterans Memorial Park beach.

The restriping and signal-adjustment plan, developed with the Macomb County Road Commission, reconfigures westbound 9 Mile between Jefferson and just west of Cavalier Drive to a single through lane plus a left-turn lane and keeps two eastbound lanes. The county's signal-adjustment estimate in the packet was $98,968.42 and a separate striping cost of $20,006.69 (packet materials). Council and staff referenced a combined figure given at the motion of about $119,006.67; the work will be funded from the city's signal maintenance line and is expected to be completed in the current fiscal year before June 30. Staff said restriping is a one-day operation and the county will adjust signal timing; the project will include a left-turn arrow at the light. Councilmembers and staff discussed public notification (city social media, Nautical Mile and Greater Mac merchants…