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Macomb County committee advances multiple road projects and township cost-share agreements
Summary
The county's public service committee approved a slate of road and pavement contracts and cost-share agreements — including an MDOT-funded shared-use path on Metro Parkway and a reconstruction by Dan's Excavating of Broten Road — with motions passing 10-0 to forward items to the full board.
Macomb County staff asked commissioners to approve a package of transportation projects and county-township cost-share agreements on Tuesday, and the board's public service committee moved the full slate to the board with unanimous support.
County roads staff (presented by Mr. Santo) described Item 6A: a Michigan Department of Transportation contract for shared-use path improvements on Metro Parkway from Utica Road to Union Lake Road, listed as 80% federally funded with a 20% local match and a total project cost shown in the packet. Item 6B covers Romeo Plank Road rural pavement preservation (federally funded program; total $550,530, county portion $110,16 as presented). Item 6C is the department's annual longitudinal pavement marking program awarded to PK Contracting through a single bid; staff said this is fully funded by the department.
A major capital item, Item 6D, is a reconstruction project (Dan's Excavating) on Broten/Broughten Road in Macomb Township with an overall contract value presented near $17.47 million and a $5 million state earmark for the township's portion. Staff explained that 60/40 splits apply on specified township projects, where 60% is the township and 40% is the Department of Roads share, and that some items include additional engineering, contingency and administrative costs beyond the construction contract. Commissioners asked about the drivers of high costs; staff cited inflation, added elements such as a large roundabout at 24 Mile Road, drainage crossings and the difference between reconstructing a multi-lane section versus routine resurfacing. When asked about schedule, staff said simple milling and repaving projects can take a couple of months, and one project described had already begun milling operations.
Several other items (E–K) included cost-share agreements with townships for pavement preservation and a northern limestone program that places up to three miles of new limestone on rural gravel roads; staff said those are annually recurring county programs and the agreements reimburse surveying and construction contractors as pass-through state or county funds. The clerk and engineering staff answered procedural questions about bidding, vendor selection and fee structures; commissioners commented on long-standing local needs and supported moving the package forward.
A consolidated motion to approve the presented items was adopted 10-0 and will be considered by the full board.
