Macomb County approves package of road contracts, LIDAR-based sign inventory and ditch clean-out pilot

The Macomb County Board of Commissioners on an unspecified October meeting date approved a package of Public Service Committee recommendations that funds road-project changes, a roadside-ditch pilot and a countywide asset-management system for traffic signs and pavement markings.

Brian, a roads department staff member, told commissioners the board was being asked to approve a $105,309.57 contract modification for an 18 Mile Road project near the Bloomberg Drain to extend the easterly project limits roughly 200 feet so the new pavement matches existing cross slopes and intersection geometry. He said the modification reflects additional quantities and costs caused by that extension.

The board approved a professional services agreement to implement an enterprise asset-management system to inventory and manage roadway signs, pavement markings and, later, traffic devices. The presenter said the system would be provided by ViewWorks (referred to in the…