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Mount Clemens reviews $1.3–$1.4 million downtown sidewalk plan; owners face partial costs

Mount Clemens City Commission (work session) · August 19, 2025
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Summary

At a work session, AEW staff presented a SEMCOG-funded assessment recommending replacement of defective downtown sidewalks with an estimated $1.3–$1.4 million construction cost (excludes engineering). Commissioners discussed phasing, owner cost-shares, tree/planter options, and a January decision timeline for summer construction.

At a Mount Clemens city commission work session, Ashley Carpenter of AEW presented a SEMCOG-funded inventory and cost estimate for replacing defective sidewalks in the downtown district, putting the construction-only price at about $1.3–$1.4 million and outlining design and phasing options.

The assessment team used a GIS app and video to log sidewalk defects by slab and tie each record to parcels, Carpenter said, producing quantity tables that underlie the cost estimates. Carpenter said the top-line figure is a construction-only estimate that excludes engineering and a contingency and that areas already highlighted as current or future projects were removed from the totals.

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