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Road Commission says county will spend more than $9 million on roads and bridges this year
Summary
Montcalm County Road Commission reported townships will use a $100,000 matching program to accelerate preventative maintenance; commissioners were told about more than $9 million in county roadwork including a $2.2 million bridge project.
Rob Putnam, managing director of the Montcalm County Road Commission, told the county board on March 24 that township participation in a $100,000 match program will support a substantial increase in county roadwork this year.
Putnam said all 20 townships planned to use the match, and about half expect to exceed the match with additional local funds. He reported plans for roughly 43 miles of chip seal (about 40 miles more than the previous year), 5.5 miles of crush-and-shape on local roads, 10.5 miles of overlays on local systems, 18 miles…
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